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Abstract
Micropropagation of Pinus taeda by axillary bud proliferation technique and anatomical study of adventitious roots were studied. Apical and basal segments were establishedin vitro in Murashige and Skoog (MS) culture medium. For multiple shoot induction, the explants were transferred to WV3 medium with or without 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP) (0.12, 0.25 or 0.50 µM). The effect of the culture medium and combinations of α-naphthalene acetic acid (NAA) with BAP on adventitious rooting were evaluated. The basal segments exhibited higher multiplication rates (3.7 shoots per explant) than apical segments during establishment of in vitro culture. The best rooting rate (40%) was achieved by induction of roots in water-agar (WA) culture medium supplemented with 2.69 µM NAA and 0.44 µM BAP, for 9 days, followed by transfer into GDm/2 medium. Adventitious roots can be derived from the cambium cells, from adventitious meristem, or from a callus developed at the base of the shoots. When formed indirectly, roots can be derived from peripheral cells of the callus. In treatment resulting in the best rooting rate, 58.3% of the roots were formed directly. The callus formation at stem basis did not prevent rooting and did not impair acclimatization. The plantlets were successfully acclimatized with 90% survival.
Key words: Loblolly pine, apical segment, basal segment, rooting, vascular connection, callus.
Abbreviation
BAP, 6-Benzylaminopurine; GDm, Gresshoff and Doy medium modified by Mehra-Palta et al. (1978); MS, Murashige and Skoog medium (1962);NAA, α-naphthalene-acetic acid; PGR, plant growth regulator; WA, culture medium composed of water and agar; WV3, Coke medium (1996).
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