Kinetin

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An in vitro technique for the production de novo of multiple shoots in cotyledon explants of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)

Abstract: A technique is described for the production de novo of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) shoots in the presence of cytokinin using cotyledon explants. The shoots, which arose from adventitious buds and not from enhanced axillary branching, are confined to a specific region at the base of the cotyledon. Concentrations (4 mgl−1 or less) of the cytokinins 6-benzylaminopurine, kinetin and N6-(2-isopentenyl)adenine, are all effective in producing adventitious buds. It is possible to achieve a yield of 23 shoots per cotyledon by removal of the axillary bud. The yield is increased to 50 shoots per cotyledon by cutting the basal region of the cotyledon into small pieces prior to culturing. These techniques may be useful for transformation studies in cucumber.

Plant regeneration in pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.] by organogenesis

Abstract: A method for regenerating pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.] plants has been developed using distal cotyledonary segments of mature seeds as explants. A large number of shoot buds were induced directly from explants of genotypes T-15-15 and GAUT-82-90 when cultured on six different basal media fortified with 22.2 μm N6-benzylaminopurine, 2.3 μm kinetin, and 271 μm adenine sulfate. The shoot buds developed into shoots when they were subcultured on the same medium but with one-tenth concentrations of cytokinins and adenine sulfate. The shoots elongated by subculturing first two to three times on Murashige and Skoog (MS) basal medium supplemented with 2.22 μm N6-benzylaminopurine and 0.54 μmα-naphthaleneacetic acid or on half-strength MS medium containing 2.89 μm gibberellic acid, and then once on the same medium without growth regulators. Elongated shoots were rooted with 80–85% efficiency on MS medium with 4.92 μm indole-3-butyric acid and the plantlets were transferred for hardening. Plants survival in pots was 70–75%. This method may be useful for improving the crop through genetic manipulations.

An alternative source for regenerable organogenic callus induction in Jatropha curcas L.

Abstract: Plant regeneration of Jatropha curcas was achieved through organogenesis in callus cultures. Calli were induced from leaf explants on MS basal medium supplemented with NAA (1.0 mg/L) and BAP (5.0 mg/L). Green compact nodules containing clusters of meristematic centres were induced in these calli after transfer to MS basal medium containing various concentrations of BAP/Kn (0.5-5.0 mg/L) alone or in combination with auxins. MS medium supplemented with BAP (1.5 mg/L) and IBA (0.5 mg/L) was found to be the most effective combination for shoot bud differentiation. The microshoots rooted well on MS+IBA (3.0 mg/L) medium and the plantlets successfully acclimatized in soil.

In vitro proliferation of saffron (Crocus sativus L.) stigma

Abstract: Excised young intact stigmas plus ovaries of Crocus sativus L. were cultured on Linsmaier-Skoog media supplemented with either a cytokinin or an auxin alone or in combinations. Benzyladenine and kinetin at concentrations of 0.1, 1, and 5 mgl-1 supported growth, and crocin was biosynthesized in the stigmas in vitro. Auxins had little effect. Young excised single stigmas or half ovaries were also cultured so as to form stigma-like structures in order to explore a possible new approach to industrial production of the spice, “saffron”. On Linsmaier-Skoog and Nitsch media supplemented with kinetin at concentration of 1 or 5 mgl-1 and alpha-naphthalene acetic acid or indole-butyric acid at concentration of 0.1 or 10 mgl-1 in combinations, stigma-like structures appeared directly and indirectly (through meristematic tissue), grew and matured. The maximum number of structures were 75 per half ovary. Three kinds of yellow pigments including crocin were tentatively identified by TLC in the stigma-like structures as was the case for the in vivo grown natural stigma, although the contents were lower.