Micropropagation of photinia employing rhizobacteria to promote root development |
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Authors: | Ezequiel E Larraburu Susana M Carletti Enrique A Rodríguez Cáceres Berta E Llorente |
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Institution: | (1) Plant Tissue Culture Laboratory, Department of Basic Sciences, National University of Luján, Rutas 5 y 7, CC 221, B6700 Luján, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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Abstract: | An alternative protocol was developed for in vitro propagation of photinia (Photinia × fraseri Dress), an ornamental shrub, using the plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) Azospirillum brasilense and Azotobacter chroococcum during rhizogenesis. Shoot tips from four-year-old mature plants, cut in spring and summer, were used as initial explants.
They were cultured on Murashige–Skoog (MS) medium with Gamborg’s vitamins, N6-benzyladenine (BA: 11.1 μM) and gibberellic acid (GA3: 1.3 μM), obtaining 63% of established explants. The highest shoot length (22.9 mm) and multiplication rate (4.3) was achieved
by cultivating for four weeks in the same basal medium supplemented with 4.4 μM BA. Both auxin induction and bacterial inoculation
were used for rooting. Elongated shoots were treated with two concentrations of indole-3-butyric acid (IBA: 4.9 or 49.2 μM)
during 6 days for auxin induction. Then, the shoots were transferred to an auxin-free medium and inoculated with A. brasilense Cd, Sp7 or A. chroococcum (local strain). Bacterial inoculation induced earlier rooting of photinia shoots. A. brasilense Cd with 49.2 μM IBA pulse showed a significant increase (P ≤ 0.05) in root fresh and dry weight (105%, 137%), root surface area (65%) and shoot fresh and dry weight (32%, 62%). A. brasilense Sp7 enhanced the root fresh weight (34%) and root surface area (41%) while no significant differences with A. chroococcum inoculation were detected. The PGPR inoculated micro-cuttings in combination with auxin induction pulses may play a useful
role in root organogenesis of micropropagated plants. |
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Keywords: | Azospirillum brasilense Azotobacter chroococcum Bacterial inoculation Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria Plant tissue culture |
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