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Leafless nodal segments (4 ± 1 mm long) of hardy hibiscus were excised from in vitro proliferating microshoots, encapsulated in sodium alginate solidified with 50 µM CaCl2, stored under refrigeration for 4 weeks in darkness, and then planted in the greenhouse. Planting in vermiculite and placing under intermittent mist was the best environment tested. If the encapsulated nodal segments were exposed to light for at least 2 weeks while in vitro in the laboratory prior to planting in the greenhouse, all survived, rooted, and produced shoots in the greenhouse. Rooting into the vermiculite was best if the encapsulated nodal segments were planted 1 cm deep and not covered. Anatomically, the new leaves that were produced from shoots that grew under mist in the greenhouse from encapsulated nodal segments were about the same thickness as leaves produced in vitro; had fewer intercellular spaces than the in vitro produced leaves; had palisade cells intermediate in length, and were intermediate for epicuticular wax formation between in vitro produced leaves and leaves on macrocuttings rooted in the greenhouse. The stomates on greenhouse shoots from encapsulated nodal segments closed similar to stomates on leaves on rooted macrocuttings, and were unlike in vitro produced leaves where the stomates remained open even when stressed. Storing and planting encapsulated nodal segments could allow producers to generate sufficient numbers of nodal segments, refrigerate them until needed, and facilitate greenhouse acclimatization and production of plants.
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Preece, J.E., West, T.P. Greenhouse growth and acclimatization of encapsulated Hibiscus moscheutos nodal segments. Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 87, 127–138 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11240-006-9146-7
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