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The shoots developed from both the shoot tip and nodal explants of feathered amaranth (Celosia argentea var. plumosa—feathered cockscomb or plumed cockscomb) after 8 weeks of culture in the presence of either paclobutrazol or benzyladenine (BA) were shorter than those developed on basal Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium (Physiol Plant, 15:473–497, 1962) alone. However, this retarding effect was more pronounced in the nodal explant culture. Shoot tip explants from 2-week-old seedlings were more adversely affected by 0.85 or 1.7 μM paclobutrazol than those from older seedlings. In contrast, regardless of preculture duration investigated nodal explants did not exhibit different response to three different concentrations of paclobutazol. The response to 2.2 or 4.4 μM BA appeared to be largely independent of the age of the shoot tip explants or preculture treatment of nodal explants. Shoots developed from nodal explants produced a higher number of terminal inflorescence than those from shoot tip explants. Moreover, only lateral shoots from nodal explant culture formed inflorescence. Increased preculture duration on basal MS medium could generally lessen the inhibitory effect of lower concentrations of paclobutazol or BA on terminal or lateral inflorescence formation in nodal explant culture.
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Bodhipadma, K., Noichinda, S., Padyencheun, W. et al. Influence of preculture treatment and types of explants on shoot growth and in vitro flowering of feathered amaranth (Celosia argentea var. plumose). Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 105, 465–469 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11240-010-9883-5
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