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The regenerative ability of small strips of stem of the Dutch elm hybrid ‘Commelin’ was tested as well as its sensitivity to neomycins. Cambium explants (1 mm thick), were excised from woody stems collected in the field. Up to 20 buds/explant were induced within 2–3 weeks giving 2–5 rootable shoots/explant after 5–6 weeks. Shoot excision every week from week three improved the yield up to 7 shoots per explant. Fourteen and 2.9 μM GA3 promoted shoot growth. Cytokinins (1 μM zeatin or 5 μM BA or 0.05 μM TDZ) completely inhibited shoot production and promoted callus formation. Kanamycin and paromomycin at between 240 and 360 μM inhibited shoot formation as did geneticin at 80 μM. The shoot-forming ability of the explants was high from leaf fall in the autumn to the spring flush, but could be maintained up to September by using cold storage (5–7 °C). Ninety-six percent of the shoots rooted with 0.5 μM IBA and were successfully acclimatized despite having a large basal callus.
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Ben Jouira, H., Hassairi, A., Bigot, C. et al. Adventitious shoot production from strips of stem in the Dutch elm hybrid ‘Commelin’: plantlet regeneration and neomycin sensitivity. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 53, 153–160 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006038923565
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