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Procedures were developed for micropropagation of Alnus cordata through in vitro axillary shoot multiplication of axillary bud explants cultured in Murashige & Skoog (MS) medium. Establishment of cultures from plants grown in the field was very difficult due to bacterial contamination and phenolic oxidation in explants causing severe browning. Explants were first cultured on an MS medium containing 4.4 μM 6-benzyladenine and 87.6 mM sucrose (initiation medium) for 7 days and then transferred to an MS medium containing 1.1 μM 6-benzyladenine and 333 mM glucose (multiplication medium) for a further 20–25 days. It was necessary to transfer cultures from initiation medium to multiplication medium after 7 days to minimize excessive callus growth, abnormally thick and brittle leaves, inhibition of shoot elongation, and senescence. Shoot multiplication comparable to the above method was achieved by culture of axillary bud explants in MS medium supplemented with 1.1–4.4 μM 6-benzyladenine and 333 mM glucose 4–5 weeks after culture. Shoots rooted in MS medium (1/2 x macro-nutrients) supplemented with 1.2–4.9 μM indolebutyric acid. Also, 98% rooting was achieved when cultures were treated with 625 mgl-1 indolebutyric acid for 24 h at the end of the shoot production stage and rooted in vivo as mini-cuttings. Plantlets established well in soil.
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Barghchi, M. Micropropagation of Alnus cordata (Loisel.) Loisel.. Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 15, 233–244 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00033647
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