In vitro studies were carried out with Ochradenus arabicus for rapid micropropagation from embryo explants. Direct regeneration of shoot buds of O. arabicus was observed in MS basal medium supplemented with varying levels of either benzyladenine (BA) or kinetin (Kn). Embryos produced multiple shoots on Murashige and Skoog’s medium (MS) containing 1.0 μM BA after 25 days of inoculation. Number o...

An efficient in vitro regeneration protocol was established for Swertia chirayita. The present study describes the regeneration of S. chirayita from shoot tip explants collected from wild grown plantlets. The highest number of shoots (26.10 ± 0.73) were obtained on Murashige and Skoog basal medium supplemented with 6-benzyladenine (BA) (0.5mg/l) in combination with gibberellic acid (GA3) (1.0 m...

With the use of stigmatic exudate or distilled water as carriers, various antimetabolites, inhibitors, and miscellaneous materials were injected into the hollow styles of detached Lilium longiflorum pistils before, at, or after compatible or incompatible pollination. Pollen tube lengths were measured 48 hr after pollination with pollinated styles incubated at 22-23 degrees C. Substances conside...

Ethylene, abscisic acid, and cytokinins were tested for their ability to either induce or prevent the changes which occur in gas exchange characteristics of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. cv. Rheinlands Ruhm) leaves during short-term soil flooding. Ethylene, which increases in the shoots of flooded plants, had no effect on stomatal conductance or photosynthetic capacity of drained plants...

In vitro propagation of Dendrobium macrostachyum, a threatened and endemic species was achieved through nodal explants. The nodal explants were cultured on Murashige and Skoog (MS) basal medium and MS medium supplemented with N6-benzyladenine (BA-2.22, 4.44 and 8.88 microM), Kinetin (KN-2.32, 4.65, and 9.29 microM) and Coconut water (CW, 5, 10 and 15%) individually or in combination with 2.69 m...

Except for the first stages of illumination, exogenous methyl ester of jasmonic acid (MeJA) inhibited much stronger than abscisic acid (ABA) the accumulation of chlorophyll in excised cotyledons of C. pepo L. (zucchini) exposed to controlled light conditions. Benzyladenine (BA) applied in a combination with MeJA or ABA at equimolar concentrations completely neutralized their inhibitory effect. ...

The clarification of the following 2 questions was attempted: (a) are cytokinins precursors in the formation of sRNA, (b) is the observed incorporation of cytokinins into sRNA related to the action of the hormone? Although Escherichia coli contains cytokinins in its sRNA, no cytokinin auxotroph mutants of E. coli could be found and the statistical probability for the existence of such mutants i...

The cucumber cotyledon greening bioassay is frequently used for detecting cytokinins. Beneficial modifications of the original technique included using 5-day-old cucumber (Cucumus sativus L., cv. National Pickling) cotyledons treated with combinations of 40 millimolar KCl and various concentrations of cytokinins. A dark incubation period of 20 hours was followed by an exposure to light for 3.5 ...

A simple and efficient plantlet regeneration protocol via direct organogenesis was established for camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora L.). Stem segments with one node (SN explants) from embryo-cultured seedlings (EC seedlings) were used as explants. Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with 0.5 mg/L 2, 4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and 2.0 mg/L 6-benzyladenine was used to induce cotyledon...

Studies were conducted on the effect of controlled atmosphere storage as well as chemical pretreatments on the quality of lettuce as well as biochemical composition of lettuce leaves, Lactuca sativa L., cultivar "Great Lakes." In a CA of 2.5% CO2 and 2.57 02, the lettuce heads could be stored up to 75 days. Pre-storage treatments with microbeand s6nescenceinhibiting chemicale (Captan, Phaltan, ...