Abstract
An efficient in vitro propagation of kava (Piper methysticum) was established. Utilizing 15-d-old tender shoots from dormant auxiliary buds as explants, significant induction of vigorous aseptic cluster shoots was achieved in Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium containing 0.5 mg dm−3 6-benzyladenine (BA), 0.5 mg dm−3 indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), and antibiotics after 30 d. In vitro rooting was achieved at 100 % efficiency in MS medium containing 0.75 to 1.00 mg dm−3 IAA or indole-3-butyric acid and 3 % sucrose. The most robust and long roots were observed in medium with IBA. Moreover, the embryonic callus was induced from petioles in MS medium supplemented with 1.0 mg dm−3 BA and 0.1 mg dm−3 IAA, of which 70 % differentiated into shoots in the presence of 1.0 mg dm−3 BA and 0.5 mg dm−3 IAA.
Abbreviations
- 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
- MS:
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Murashige and Skoog
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Zhang, Z., Zhao, L., Chen, X. et al. Successful micropropagation protocol of Piper methysticum . Biol Plant 52, 110–112 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10535-008-0020-9
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