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The rooting capacities of tips of seedling, juvenile and mature shoots of Sequoiadendron giganteum were compared on different rooting media (inductive and expressive media) after passage on an elongating medium. None of the cuttings rooted when continuously kept on medium containing the auxin NAA and vitamin D2. Peroxidase activity of all those cuttings on NAA+D2 first increased during the 7–9 first days and decreased in the days after. Rooting was obtained by transfer of the cuttings after periods longer than 7–9 days from the NAA+D2 inductive medium to a basal medium supplemented or not with rutin (expressive medium). The rooting capacity was emphasized by rutin treatment and was in correlation with the peroxidase peak reached on the NAA+D2 medium. Seedlings, characterised by the highest peroxidase activity, were most performing in rooting.
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Abbreviations
- BM:
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basal medium
- D2:
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ergocalciferol
- NAA:
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naphtaleneacetic acid
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Berthon, J.Y., Boyer, N. & Gaspar, T. Sequential rooting media and rooting capacity of Sequoiadendron giganteum in vitro. Peroxidase activity as a marker. Plant Cell Reports 6, 341–344 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00269555
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