Abstract
Shoot apical meristems were used to establish regenerative axillary bud cultures of 9 muscadine grape cultivars. Meristems taken from 10 cm long shoots had less contamination (3%) and a higher survival rate (94%) than those from shorter or longer shoots. Of media tested, MS, 1/2 MS, and C2D resulted in equivalent shoot proliferation rates, whereas, WPM produced stunted shoots. When pooling results for 3 cultivars, 5, 10 and 20 μM BA and 5 μM TDZ produced the highest average number of shoots per cultured apex (3.4–3.8). However, shoots produced with TDZ were stunted and did not root well. For rooting of shoots directly in potting mix, a rooting powder pretreatment significantly increased the number of roots per shoot but did not affect percent rooting or root length. For rooting in vitro, 1 μM NAA significantly increased all parameters measured. Although more shoots rooted in vitro than in vivo (77% vs. 46%), the latter was judged preferable since acclimatized plants were produced in less time and a major culture step was eliminated. Significant differences among cultivars were noted for measured responses in all experiments.
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Abbreviations
- BA:
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benzyladenine
- Kin:
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kinetin
- MS:
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Murashige & Skoog (medium)
- NAA:
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naphthaleneacetic acid
- TDZ:
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thidiazuron
- WPM:
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woody plant medium
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Gray, D.J., Benton, C.M. In vitro micropropagation and plant establishment of muscadine grape cultivars (Vitis rotundifolia) . Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 27, 7–14 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00048199
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