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Fusarium oxysporum cell elicitor enhances betalain content in the cell suspension culture of Celosia cristata

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We started a cell suspension culture from magenta coloured calli of cockscomb to study the effect of biotic and abiotic elicitors on the biosynthesis of betalain pigments. The cultures were grown in a flask containing 30 ml MS media fortified with 13.5 μM 2,4-D and 0.44 μM BAP. These cultures were elicited during its log-phase of growth using fungal elicitors (prepared from mycelia of Fusarium oxysporum), yeast extract, copper sulphate and cobalt chloride. The elicitation reduced the cell count, cell viability and percent pigmented cell in the suspension culture. Similarly, it also resulted in reduced betalain content by all the elicitors except 0.125 × 10−3% fungal elicitor. Rather, fungal elicitor at this concentration significantly enhanced the amaranthin, betanin, betalamic acid and betaxanthin content in the culture. Besides this, copper sulphate doubled the pigment contribution (ratio of particular pigment content to total pigment content) of betaxanthin at all the concentrations. Therefore, we conclude that fungal elicitor can further be investigated to enhance the content of betalain pigments in suspension culture at a larger scale.

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Warhade, M.I., Badere, R.S. Fusarium oxysporum cell elicitor enhances betalain content in the cell suspension culture of Celosia cristata. Physiol Mol Biol Plants 24, 285–293 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12298-018-0511-x

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