ISSN:
1871-4528
Keywords:
Solanum tuberosum
;
abscisic acid
;
mannitol
;
N-dimethyl-succinamic acid
;
nodal segments
;
osmotic stress
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
Notes:
Summary Cultures of 23 potato cultivars were examined for their responses to hormonal and osmotic growth inhibitors incorporated in media used for storage in-vitro. Cultivars differed in their tolerance of inhibitors and also in their growth on a Murashige and Skoog medium with 3% sucrose. Both osmotic and hormonal growth retardants restricted the development of shoot tips but there were significant cultivar x treatment interactions, indicating that the ranking of cultivars will vary with the media used. Such interactions may complicate the establishment of facilities for storage in-vitro. However, addition to the basal medium of 5 mg l−1 abscisic acid reduced both the overall mean scores and, more importantly, the between cultivar variance; its use in conjunction with low temperature shows promise as a method for conserving potato germplasm in-vitro.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02365817
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