Journal
PLANT GROWTH REGULATION
Volume 63, Issue 2, Pages 187-195Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10725-011-9562-5
Keywords
Aromatic cytokinins; Auxins; Caulogenesis; Recalcitrance; Rhizogenesis
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- National Research Foundation (NRF), Pretoria
- University of KwaZulu-Natal
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In the micropropagation of woody plant species, adventitious root and shoot formation remain some of the major bottlenecks due to their recalcitrance to in vitro manipulation. Some plant growth regulators may ameliorate these recalcitrant effects and improve in vitro caulogenic and rhizogenic processes. Shoot induction on shoot meristems, hypocotyls and epicotyls was evaluated using equimolar concentrations of benzyladenine (BA), meta-topolin (mT), meta-topolin riboside (mTR), and meta-methoxytopolin riboside (MemTR). Three auxins, indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) and alpha-naphthalene acetic acid (NAA) were used in the induction of adventitious roots. Moderately high shoot formation (62.7%) was achieved at a concentration of 8.0 mu M mT after 8 weeks in culture. The highest number of adventitious shoots per explant (2.4 +/- A 0.3) and the longest shoots (23.5 +/- A 3.16 mm) were recorded on 8.0 mu M mT, though not significantly different from BA treatments. Most shoots progressively produced brown basal callus, which is a potential sink for cytokinin conjugates that are inhibitory to further proliferation of adventitious shoots. Good adventitious shoot formation occurred in 55% of hypocotyl explants on 8.0 mu M mT. The highest rooting (91.6%) was achieved with IBA-treated shoots at a concentration of 4.0 mu M. The use of mT and IBA provide an efficient micropropagation method for S. birrea, though further research is required especially in overcoming ex vitro plantlet survival challenges.
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