biologia plantarum

International journal on Plant Life established by Bohumil Němec in 1959

Biologia plantarum 52:181-183, 2008 | DOI: 10.1007/s10535-008-0040-5

Effect of abscisic acid and proline on in vitro flowering in Vigna aconitifolia

S. N. Saxena1,*, N. Kaushik1, R. Sharma1
1 Plant Biotechnology Centre, Agriculture Research Station, Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner, India

An experiment was taken up to find out possibilities of manipulating the in vitro flowering in moth bean. Abscisic acid (ABA) and proline both alone and in combination influenced days to flower induction, number of flowers per plant, number of pods per plant and seeds per pod. Frequency of flowering plants approached 100 % at 1 and 3 µM ABA and 800 µM proline. The range of flowering period (3 to 23.6 d) has also been influenced by various treatments.

Keywords: moth bean; flowering induction; water stress; stress hormone; precocious flowering; callus; pods; plant height
Subjects: abscisic acid (ABA); flower, development; in vitro culture, callus; moth bean; nutrient medium, Murashige and Skoog (MS); proline; Vigna aconitifolia; water stress

Received: January 10, 2007; Accepted: December 20, 2007; Published: March 1, 2008  Show citation

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Saxena, S.N., Kaushik, N., & Sharma, R. (2008). Effect of abscisic acid and proline on in vitro flowering in Vigna aconitifolia. Biologia plantarum52(1), 181-183. doi: 10.1007/s10535-008-0040-5
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