Survival and growth of eastern white pine shoot apical meristemsin vitro |
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Authors: | Barry Goldfarb Gail M Howe Wesley P Hackett Olivier Monteuuis |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA;(2) Department of Horticultural Sciences, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA;(3) CIRAD-Forêt/ICSB, P.O. Box 60793, 91017 Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia;(4) Present address: Department of Forestry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA |
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Abstract: | Shoot apical meristems of seedling and mature eastern white pine trees were excised and grownin vitro. Placing the meristems on filters instead of directly on agarose-solidified nutrient medium enhanced survival of both juvenile and mature meristems. Applying forcing treatments to mature branches improved survival and growth of dissected meristems compared with meristems from non-forced branches in experiments conducted over two years. No consistent differences were observed among 2-, 4-, and 6-week forcing treatments. Including 5.37 nM (0.001 mg l-1) l-naphthaleneacetic acid in the culture medium did not affect meristem survival or growth. Some meristems from seedlings grew rapidly, produced primary leaves, underwent internode elongation, and in three cases, produced adventitious roots. Meristems from mature trees did not grow as rapidly as seedling meristems. The leaves produced by mature meristems appeared to be scale leaves and a few of these had brachyblast primordia in the axils. The shoots derived from mature meristems did not produce adventitious roots. |
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Keywords: | juvenility maturation Pinus strobus propagation tissue culture |
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