Micropropagation of Prosopis chilensis (Mol.) Stuntz from young and mature plants.

Prosopis chilensis (Mol.) Stuntz (Algarrobo de Chile) is an important native tree species that can be grown in arid and semiarid regions for wood and forage production and environmental protection. Developing a simple and reliable in vitro protocol for cloning it would enable to improve it genetically. Explants of P. chilensis were taken from 4 months-old plants grown in the greenhouse or from adult trees grown in a natural environment. Nodal segments 1-2 cm long containing an axillary bud were selected from elongating shoots. These cuttings were aseptically cultured on two agar-solid basal media, MS or BTMm, and treated with 0.05 mg L-1 BA and 3 mg L-1 of either IAA, IBA or NAA. Sucrose (3% w/v) was used as carbon source. The percentage of sprouted cuttings and whole plant regeneration as well as its shoot and root length were recorded. Number, length and dry weight of shoots and roots were also measured. Rooting was successful with cuttings taken from young or adult plants, but explants from young plants showed a better response. Culturing in BTMm resulted in significantly greater shoot and root biomass than culturing in MS. Moreover, this response was higher in young explants when IBA was used as growth regulator. This paper reports a simple and effective method to micropropagate P. chilensis from young and adult plants.

Micropropagation of Prosopis chilensis (Mol. ) Stuntz from young and mature plants

Prosopis chilensis (Mol.) Stuntz (Algarrobo de Chile) is an important native tree species that can be grown in arid and semiarid regions for wood and forage production and environmental protection. Developing a simple and reliable in vitro protocol for cloning it would enable to improve it genetically. Explants of P. chilensis were taken from 4 months-old plants grown in the greenhouse or from adult trees grown in a natural environment. Nodal segments 1-2 cm long containing an axillary bud were selected from elongating shoots. These cuttings were aseptically cultured on two agar-solid basal media, MS or BTMm, and treated with 0.05 mg L-1 BA and 3 mg L-1 of either IAA, IBA or NAA. Sucrose (3 w/v) was used as carbon source. The percentage of sprouted cuttings and whole plant regeneration as well as its shoot and root length were recorded. Number, length and dry weight of shoots and roots were also measured. Rooting was successful with cuttings taken from young or adult plants, but explants from young plants showed a better response. Culturing in BTMm resulted in significantly greater shoot and root biomass than culturing in MS. Moreover, this response was higher in young explants when IBA was used as growth regulator. This paper reports a simple and effective method to micropropagate P. chilensis from young and adult plants.

Micropropagation of Prosopis chilensis (Mol. ) Stuntz from young and mature plants

Prosopis chilensis (Mol.) Stuntz (Algarrobo de Chile) is an important native tree species that can be grown in arid and semiarid regions for wood and forage production and environmental protection. Developing a simple and reliable in vitro protocol for cloning it would enable to improve it genetically. Explants of P. chilensis were taken from 4 months-old plants grown in the greenhouse or from adult trees grown in a natural environment. Nodal segments 1-2 cm long containing an axillary bud were selected from elongating shoots. These cuttings were aseptically cultured on two agar-solid basal media, MS or BTMm, and treated with 0.05 mg L-1 BA and 3 mg L-1 of either IAA, IBA or NAA. Sucrose (3 w/v) was used as carbon source. The percentage of sprouted cuttings and whole plant regeneration as well as its shoot and root length were recorded. Number, length and dry weight of shoots and roots were also measured. Rooting was successful with cuttings taken from young or adult plants, but explants from young plants showed a better response. Culturing in BTMm resulted in significantly greater shoot and root biomass than culturing in MS. Moreover, this response was higher in young explants when IBA was used as growth regulator. This paper reports a simple and effective method to micropropagate P. chilensis from young and adult plants.(AU)

Micropropagation of Prosopis chilensis (Mol.) Stuntz from young and mature plants.

Prosopis chilensis (Mol.) Stuntz (Algarrobo de Chile) is an important native tree species that can be grown in arid and semiarid regions for wood and forage production and environmental protection. Developing a simple and reliable in vitro protocol for cloning it would enable to improve it genetically. Explants of P. chilensis were taken from 4 months-old plants grown in the greenhouse or from adult trees grown in a natural environment. Nodal segments 1-2 cm long containing an axillary bud were selected from elongating shoots. These cuttings were aseptically cultured on two agar-solid basal media, MS or BTMm, and treated with 0.05 mg L-1 BA and 3 mg L-1 of either IAA, IBA or NAA. Sucrose (3

w/v) was used as carbon source. The percentage of sprouted cuttings and whole plant regeneration as well as its shoot and root length were recorded. Number, length and dry weight of shoots and roots were also measured. Rooting was successful with cuttings taken from young or adult plants, but explants from young plants showed a better response. Culturing in BTMm resulted in significantly greater shoot and root biomass than culturing in MS. Moreover, this response was higher in young explants when IBA was used as growth regulator. This paper reports a simple and effective method to micropropagate P. chilensis from young and adult plants.

Epicuticular wax and water stress in Eragrostis curvala cultivars: I. Morphology and distribution

Se estudió la ultraestructura de la superficie foliar en seis cultivares de pasto llorón, Eragrostis curvula (Schrader) Nees, de diferente grado de tolerancia a la sequía. Mediante microscopía eletrónica de barrido se observó que los cultivares más tolerantes a dicho factor ambiental poseen una capa cerosa apicuticular abaxial más gruesa y compleja que los susceptibles. Por gravimetría se determinó también que en estos cultivares más tolerantes la cantidad total de cera es mayor. Se discute la relación entre la cantidad y distribución de la cera epicuticular y la resistencia a la sequía en esta especie

Epicuticular wax and water stress in Eragrostis curvula cultivars: II. Effect of water stress on the quantity and morphology of epicuticular wax

Se estudió el efecto del déficit hídrico sobre la cantidad, morfología y distribución de la cera epicuticular en dos cultivares de pasto llorón de diferente grado de tolerancia a la sequía. Mediante gravimetría y microscopía electrónica de barrido se encontró que la cantidad de cera epicuticular foliar aumentó luego que las plantas fueron sometidas a un régimen de sequía. Sin embargo, el contenido de cera epicuticular en plantas normalmente regadas de este cultivar es menor que en aquellas pertenecientes al cv. Don Eduardo, más resistentes al estrés hídrico. También se observó un cambio en la morfología de los cristales de cera en tal situación

Epicuticular wax and water stress in Eragrostis curvala cultivars: I. Morphology and distribution

Se estudió la ultraestructura de la superficie foliar en seis cultivares de pasto llorón, Eragrostis curvula (Schrader) Nees, de diferente grado de tolerancia a la sequía. Mediante microscopía eletrónica de barrido se observó que los cultivares más tolerantes a dicho factor ambiental poseen una capa cerosa apicuticular abaxial más gruesa y compleja que los susceptibles. Por gravimetría se determinó también que en estos cultivares más tolerantes la cantidad total de cera es mayor. Se discute la relación entre la cantidad y distribución de la cera epicuticular y la resistencia a la sequía en esta especie (AU)

Epicuticular wax and water stress in Eragrostis curvula cultivars: II. Effect of water stress on the quantity and morphology of epicuticular wax

Se estudió el efecto del déficit hídrico sobre la cantidad, morfología y distribución de la cera epicuticular en dos cultivares de pasto llorón de diferente grado de tolerancia a la sequía. Mediante gravimetría y microscopía electrónica de barrido se encontró que la cantidad de cera epicuticular foliar aumentó luego que las plantas fueron sometidas a un régimen de sequía. Sin embargo, el contenido de cera epicuticular en plantas normalmente regadas de este cultivar es menor que en aquellas pertenecientes al cv. Don Eduardo, más resistentes al estrés hídrico. También se observó un cambio en la morfología de los cristales de cera en tal situación (AU)