ISSN:
1573-5044
Keywords:
Cucumis melo
;
musk-melo
;
tissue culture
;
regeneration
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract Cotyledonary explants of 4-day-oldCucumis melo cv. ‘Hale's Best Jumbo’ in vitro seedlings showed maximum initiation of shoot buds when cultured onto a revised Murashige & Skoog medium supplemented with 5 μM indole-3-acetic acid and 5 μM benzylaminopurine and cultured at 25–29°C under low light intensity (5–30 μmol m-2 s-1). Subculture of the shoot buds onto the same medium without auxin and supplemented with 3 μM benzylaminopurine caused the development of shoots from 30% of the buds. The presence of abscisic acid significantly increased the number of explants producing shoot buds. Bud initiation was affected by genotype, seedling age, light intensity, and temperature. Addition of gibberellic acid, thidiazuron or silver nitrate to regeneration medium did not improve either bud initiation or shoot regeneration.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00043400
