Journal
PLANT CELL TISSUE AND ORGAN CULTURE
Volume 60, Issue 2, Pages 139-149Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006419805980
Keywords
1,3,5-benzenetriol; Dilospan S; meristem culture; micropropagation; phenolic compound; phloroglucinol; Solanum tuberosum L.; 1,3,5-trihydroxybenzene
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Efficacy of phloroglucinol in promoting growth and development of in vitro-derived shoot tips was studied in six potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) genotypes. Different concentrations of phloroglucinol (0, 0.08, 0.4, 0.8, 1.2 and 1.6 mM) were tested in combination with either 0.1 or 0.2 M sucrose in shoot tip proliferation medium based on MS (Murashige and Skoog, 1962) medium supplemented with 5.8 mu M GA(3) (gibberellic acid), 1.1 mu M BA (N-6-benzyladenine) and 8.39 mu M D-calcium pantothenate. Phloroglucinol fostered multiple shoot formation, promoted axillary shoot proliferation in terms of shoot tip fresh weight and shoot length, and stimulated root formation on the shoot tips. There was significant phloroglucinol x sucrose interaction for number of shoots developed per shoot tip, shoot tip fresh weight and number of roots induced per shoot tip. The beneficial effect of phloroglucinol on shoot tip survival was conspicuous only in genotypes that showed poor survival in the control proliferation medium. There were significant differences in response between the two sucrose levels with regard to shoot tip fresh weight and number of roots per shoot tip. Phloroglucinol in combination with 0.2 M sucrose induced maximum number of roots per shoot tip. Optimum shoot tip growth was fostered in medium containing 0.8 mM phloroglucinol and 0.2 M sucrose. High frequency multiple shoot formation in this medium ensures a faster rate of potato shoot tip multiplication within a limited time and space.
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