Alginate-chitosan coacervation in production of artificial seeds |
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Authors: | Tay L F Khoh L K Loh C S Khor E |
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Affiliation: | Departments of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore 0511. |
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Abstract: | Survival of secondary embryoids of winter oilseed rape (Brassica napus ssp. oleifera cv. Primor) has been used as an assay for the development of artificial seeds involving complex coacervation of alginate (polyanion) with chitosan (polycation). Germination frequency of 100% was achieved for encapsulated embryoids when alginate formed the inner matrix and chitosan the outer layer. When the matrix makeup was reversed, there was no germination of embryoids. The artificial seeds produced were hardened in dilute alkaline solutions of NaOH and Ca(OH)(2). An optimum setting time could be selected based on a quantitative measurement of resistance of hardened capsules to compression and the germination frequency of the encapsulated embryoids. (c) 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. |
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Keywords: | artificial seed sodium alginate chitosan complex coacervation encapsulation embryoid viability |
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