Biologia plantarum 52:569-572, 2008 | DOI: 10.1007/s10535-008-0113-5

Effect of growth regulators and ethylmethane sulphonate on growth, and chlorophyll, sugar and proline contents in Dracaena sanderiana cultured in vitro

A. Junaid1,2, A. Mujib1,*, M. P. Sharma1
1 Cellular Differentiation and Molecular Genetics Section, Department of Botany, Hamdard University, New Delhi, India
2 Plant Tissue Culture and Agriculture Research Laboratory, Technical Institute of Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

A high efficient four step protocol (callus initiation, regeneration, shoot elongation and rooting) for in vitro propagation of Dracaena sanderiana Sander ex Mast was developed. Callusing was achieved from nodal stem segment explants treated with various concentrations of ethylmethane sulphonate (EMS) on MS medium supplemented with 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D; 1.5 g m-3). A significant increase in callus induction percentage and biomass production was noticed from lower EMS treated lines (ET1 and ET2) comparatively to control and other (ET3, ET4 and ET5) lines. Calli of ET1 line showed high regeneration potential on MS medium with N 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP; 1.75 g m-3). Length of microshoots, which was reduced by EMS, restored by addition of gibberellic acid (GA3; 0.4 g m-3). A marked increase in rooting with increasing EMS concentration was noticed on MS medium fortified with 3-indolebutyric acid (IBA; 1.5 g m-3).

Keywords: auxins; cytokinins; gibberellic acid; in vitro mutagenesis; lucky bomboo
Subjects: auxins; carotenoids; chlorophyll a,b; cytokinins; Dracaena sanderiana; in vitro culture, callus; in vitro culture, micropropagation; in vitro culture, regeneration; in vitro culture, rooting; mutagenesis, mutants; nutrient medium, Murashige and Skoog (MS)

Received: April 3, 2007; Accepted: March 25, 2008; Published: September 1, 2008Show citation

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Junaid, A., Mujib, A., & Sharma, M.P. (2008). Effect of growth regulators and ethylmethane sulphonate on growth, and chlorophyll, sugar and proline contents in Dracaena sanderiana cultured in vitro. Biologia plantarum, 52(3), 569-572. doi: 10.1007/s10535-008-0113-5.
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