When the reduced phenotype in homozygous lanceolate tomato is cultured on a sterile nutrient medium, there is a considerable amount of cell division within the central cylinder. Such proliferation may occur in response to a stimulus furnished to the shoot by the root.

The stem cells from which the plant body develops are located in shoot and root meristems, and new research shows that the balance between proliferation and differentiation in each is controlled by related proteins that interact in a similar feedback network.

Micrografting can be used to produce healthy seedlings, assess scion-rootstock compatibility and promote precocity. The first objective of this project was to study the impacts of in vitro micropropagation of four major Iranian pistachio cultivars, namely ‘Ahmad Aghaei’, ‘Akbari’, ‘Badami Sefid’ and ‘Kalle Ghochi’ in two different medium Murashige and Skoog (MS) and Driver and Kuniyuki...

Micro-propagation of olive provides the possibility of producing clones of native plants with appropriate attributes and mass reproduction in short period of time, compared to conventional methods. Apical dominance in olive explants limits the growth of lateral branches in vitro. The effect of Woody Plant Medium (WPM), Olive Medium (OM) and Murashig and Skoog (MS) with carbohydrate source (mann...

Several new superior apricot × plum (Prunus armenica × P. domestica) inter specific hybrid rootstocks have been recently produced in Iran, but the propagation of these hybrids by conventional means has been shown to be very difficult. In vitro propagation could be a reliable method for mass clonal propagation of these new rootstocks. In this study, in vitro establishment, proliferation and root...