Influences of medium consistency and shoot density on in vitro shoot proliferation ofPopulus alba × P. grandidentata
✍ Scribed by Young Woo Chun; Richard B. Hall; Loren C. Stephens
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 325 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-6857
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✦ Synopsis
The in vitro shoot proliferation ofPopulus alba XP. grandidentata was affected by the medium consistency and shoot density, but not by three sizes of vessels. After 4 weeks of culture, the fresh weight and number of shoots per explant on liquid medium were significantly greater than those on agar-solidified medium. In particular, 3.2 shoots, 7 mm or longer per explant, were produced on liquid medium compared with 1.6 shoots per explant or agar-solidified medium. The fresh weight per exp'lant after 4 weeks of culture on liquid medium and agar-solidified medium were 0.68 and 0.25 g, respectively.
Increasing the number of shoots per vessel slowed the growth of the explants as measured by fresh weight and the number of shoots produced. There was little difference in the number of shoots produced between vessels with 1 or 2 shoots per vessel, but there were many fewer shoots produced when 3 shoots were placed in each vessel.