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The simultaneous presence of 6-benzyladenine (BA) and sucrose in a Murashige and Skoog medium (SIM) during the initial stages of shoot initiation have been found to be obligatory for high-frequency shoot formation in the Capsicum annuum L. var. ‘Sweet Banana’ upper hypocotyl explants. The explants are determined for shoot formation following a minimum of 8 days of culture on SIM. Deprivation of exogenous sucrose from day 6 to day 20 of culture had no effect on the shoot forming response of the explants. BA and sucrose appear to act independently on different aspects of the competence of explants to respond to SIM during shoot initiation.
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Abbreviations
- BA:
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N6-benzyladenine
- MS:
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Murashige and Skoog medium
- SIM:
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shoot induction medium
- HFM:
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hormone free medium
- SUC:
-
sucrose minus medium
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Ramage, C.M., Leung, D.W.M. Influence of BA and sucrose on the competence and determination of pepper (Capsicum annuum L. var. Sweet Banana) hypocotyl cultures during shoot formation. Plant Cell Reports 15, 974–979 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00231599
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