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JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 128, Issue 2, Pages 281-289Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2006.10.009
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Azadirachta indica; azadirachtin; biotic elicitor; jasmonic acid; salicylic acid; antifeedant activity
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Azadirachtin is one of the most potent biopesticides so far developed from a plant sources. Influence of different culture media and elicitation on growth and production of azadirachtin by hairy root cultures of Azadirachta indica was studied. Out of the three media tested, namely Ohyama and Nitsch, Gamborg's and Murashige and Skoog's basal media, hairy roots cultured on Ohyama and Nitsch's basal medium produced maximum yield of azadirachtin (0.0166% dry weight, DW). Addition of biotic elicitor enhanced the production of azadirachtin by similar to 5-fold (0.074% DW), while signal compounds such as jasmonic acid and salicytic acid showed a similar to 6 (0.095% DW) and similar to 9-fold (0.14% DW) enhancement, respectively, in the production of azadirachtin as compared to control cultures on Ohyama and Nitsch medium. Extracts from hairy roots were found to be superior to those from the leaves for antifeedant activity against the larvae of Spodoptera litura. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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