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BIOLOGIA PLANTARUM
Volume 50, Issue 4, Pages 779-781Publisher
ACAD SCIENCES CZECH REPUBLIC, INST EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
DOI: 10.1007/s10535-006-0130-1
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cell proliferation; mineral nutrition; osmotic stress; Pyrus communis
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The effects of boron and NaCl induced salinity on growth and mineral composition of the pear (Pyrus communis L.) rootstock OH x F 333 shoots cultured in vitro were investigated. Shoots were grown in vitro for seven weeks on a Murashige and Skoog medium containing two B concentrations (0.1 and 2 mM) combined with five NaCl concentrations (0, 10, 20, 40, and 80 mM). The longest shoots were produced at 0.1 mM B and 80 mM NaCl, but highest number of shoots were produced at 0.1 mM B and 0-20 mM NaCl. Inclusion of 20 and 40 mM NaCl in the culture medium significantly increased fresh mass of cultures compared to 0 mM NaCl for all B concentrations tested. The concentrations of P, K, Ca, Mg, Na, Fe, Mn and Zn of plants were affected by B and NaCl concentration of the medium.
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