Halved shoot bases of Allium tuberosum Rottl. ex Spreng. proliferated both axillary and adventitious shoots on B5 medium (1968) supplemented with either 6-benzylaminopurine (0.5 mg/l) or 1-naphthalene acetic acid (0.1 mg/l) and 2-isopentenyladenine (0.5 mg/l). In vitro shoots proliferated further numerous shoots upon subculture to fresh medium, and these shoots rooted spontaneously. Plantlets were transplanted successfully to soil and retained the diploid condition of the parents.