Abstract
An experiment was taken up to find out possibilities of manipulating the in vitro flowering in moth bean. Abscisic acid (ABA) and proline both alone and in combination influenced days to flower induction, number of flowers per plant, number of pods per plant and seeds per pod. Frequency of flowering plants approached 100 % at 1 and 3 µM ABA and 800 µM proline. The range of flowering period (3 to 23.6 d) has also been influenced by various treatments.
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Abbreviations
- ABA:
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abscisic acid
- MS:
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Murashige and Skoog
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Saxena, S.N., Kaushik, N. & Sharma, R. Effect of abscisic acid and proline on in vitro flowering in Vigna aconitifolia . Biol Plant 52, 181–183 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10535-008-0040-5
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