Abstract
A method for the micropropagation ofPenstemon serrulatus Menz. from shoot tips or nodal segments was developed. Multiple microshoot cultures (up to 20 shoots from a single explant) were obtained by maintenance of shoot tip explants on Schenk & Hildebrandt medium (SH) supplemented with 4.4 µM benzyladenine (BA) or 8.9 µM BA and 0.57 µM indole-3-acetic acid (IAA). Microshoots developed into numerous, normal shoots when explants were transferred to SH medium containing 2.9 µM IAA or 2.5 µM indole-3-butyric acid (IBA). Shoot cultures were also established from nodal segments (max. 6.8 shoots per segment) when they were placed on SH medium with 0.49 µM IBA and 2.2 µM BA. Rooting of shoots was better on SH medium containing auxin (IBA, NAA or IAA) than on SH medium without growth regulators. The plantlets were then transferred to pots and grown in the greenhouse. Four-month-old regenerated plants demonstrated similar iridoid content (leaves contained 3.83% dry wt. penstemide and 1.8% dry wt. serrulatoloside) as the original plants.
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Abbreviations
- SH:
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Schenk & Hildebrandt medium
- MS:
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Murashige & Skoog medium
- BA:
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6-benzyladenine
- IAA:
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indole-3-acetic acid
- IBA:
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indole-3-butyric acid
- NAA:
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1-naphthaleneacetic acid
- GA3 :
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gibberellic acid
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Wysokińska, H. Micropropagation ofPenstemon serrulatus and iridoid formation in regenerated plants. Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 33, 181–186 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01983232
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