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The effects of nitric oxide (NO) on caulogenesis, shoot organogenesis and rhizogenesis from hypocotyl explants of Linum usitatissimum were investigated. Exogenously supplied NO donors, 5 μM sodium nitroprusside (SNP), 2 μM S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP) and 2 μM 3-morpholinosydnonimine (SIN-1), significantly promoted shoot differentiation from the hypocotyl explants of L. usitatissimum excised from its in vitro raised seedlings. Potassium ferrocyanide, a structural analogue of SNP, lacking NO group, did not promote shoot organogenesis. Likewise, products of NO, \( {\text{NO}}_{2}^{ - } \) and \( {\text{NO}}_{3}^{ - } \) supplied as 5 μM NaNO2 and 5 μM NaNO3 did not enhance shoot differentiation. Another source of NO, a mixture of sodium nitrite (SN) provided along with ascorbic acid (AsA), also caused significant promotion in the average number of shoots per responding explant. SNP also augmented the rhizogenic response of the microshoots in terms of percentage of responding explants, number of roots per responding explant and average root length. The NO scavengers, 2-(4-carboxy-phenyl)-4, 4, 5, 5-tetramethylimideazoline-1-oxyl-3-oxide (cPTIO) or methylene blue (MB), provided along with SNP, SNAP, SIN-1 or SN + AsA, at concentrations equimolar to the optimum concentration of the donors, reversed the promotory influence, thereby, confirming the role of NO in promotion of in vitro morphogenesis. However, NO scavengers individually did not affect the observed morphogenic processes. Morphological and histological studies of hypocotyl segments cultured on BM or BM + SNP for 4, 8 and 12 days demonstrated that SNP enhanced shoot differentiation by inducing a higher number of shoot primordia, each of which develops into a single shoot.
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C.K. gratefully acknowledges the awards of Junior and Senior Research Fellowships by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (New Delhi). This work was partially financed by R & D miscellaneous grant provided to S.B.B. by the University of Delhi.
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Kalra, C., Babbar, S.B. Nitric oxide promotes in vitro organogenesis in Linum usitatissimum L.. Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 103, 353–359 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11240-010-9788-3
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