Plant tissue culture techniques were used to study the effect of NaCl on tropane alkaloids accumulation and proline content of both Datura metel and Datura stramonium. Callus cultures were established for both Datura species. However, MS medium supplemented with 1mg/l of both BA and NAA was the best for callus production in D. metel, while MS supplemented wit...

Vitamins are necessary compounds synthesized and utilized in plants. In tissue culture media, vitamin addition is not always common; since the amount needed by plants is relatively unknown and varies. Vitamins, in combination with other media constituents, have been shown to have direct and indirect effects on callus growth, somatic growth, rooting, and embryonic development. For example, diffe...

Pith tissue from Nicotiana tabacum L. cv ;Maryland Mammoth' or ;Wisconsin 38' was isolated, free of vascular tissue, and cultured on a medium containing auxin but no cytokinin. Explants from the apical 1 cm of stem, within the pith rib meristem, initiated callus growth with 100% efficiency. Macroscopically visible callus was evident 5 days after the tissue was isolated, and the cultures grew pe...

BACKGROUND Chlorophytum borivilianum is an industrially valued medicinal crop. Propagation through seeds is not feasible because of low germination percentage and long dormancy period. Therefore, callus culture and plant regeneration can be an alternative to improve this crop production. Also, callus can serve as an alternative source of bioactive compounds. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect o...

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic imaging (FTIRI) was used to study bone healing with spatial analysis of various callus tissues in wild type mice. Femoral fractures were produced in 28 male C57BL mice by osteotomy. Animals were sacrificed at 1, 2, 4, and 8 weeks to obtain callus tissue at well-defined healing stages. Following microcomputerized tomography, bone samples were cut in conse...

Differentiation and morphogenetic potential of Allium commutatum Guss. callus tissue was investigated in five subcultures. Callus tissue was derived from root tips of in vitro grown seedlings and maintained on MS medium supplemented with 3% sucrose, 0.8% agar, 4.5 pM 2,4-D and 4.6 pM kinetin. Pieces of calli were subcultured on media with different concentrations and combinations of 2,4-D (1.0,...

Cultured callus tissue of hazel (Corylus avellana L.), which has the potency of somatic embryogenesis, was used for the study of cell ultrastructure in the course of callus growth and embryoid formation. The meristematic cells of this tissue exhibit a specific organization of rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER), stacked into extensive parallel sheets. The membranes of the aggregated RER are assoc...