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Callus was induced from root segments taken from in vitro grown plants of Curcuma zedoaria Roscoe. The explants were cultured on agar-solidified Murashige and Skoog medium supplemented with 13.4muM of alpha-naphthaleneacetic acid and 2.2muM of 6-benzylaminopurine at 25ºC in the dark. Histological analysis revealed that callus was formed from the hypertrophied cortical parenchyma cells of the explant. Some of these cells underwent division while the surrounding cells accumulated starch. Callus was capable of shoot bud regeneration after 70 days when it was transfered to liquid medium of the same composition. After 30 days in liquid medium, buds developed from nodular structures. The adventitious shoots developed extensive root systems when they were placed on agar-solidified Murashige and Skoog medium without growth regulators at 25º C in the light. The establishment of these plantlets in soil was about 95%.<br>Calo de Curcuma zedoaria Roscoe foram induzidos a partir de segmentos de raízes de plantas cultivadas in vitro. Os explantes foram inoculados em meio de Murashige & Skoog solidificado com ágar e suplementado com 13,4miM de ácido alfa-naftaleno acético e 2,2miM de 6-benzilaminopurina e mantidos no escuro a 25°C. As análises histológicas realizadas revelaram que os callus eram formados a partir de células hipertrofiadas do parênquima cortical do explante. Algumas destas células entravam em divisão, enquanto as células vizinhas a estas acumulavam amido. Após 70 dias, calos transferidos para meio de Murashige & Skoog líquido de mesma composição, eram capazes de regenerar plantas. Após 30 dias em meio líquido, gemas se desenvolveram de estruturas nodulares. Estas gemas adventíceas formaram um abundante sistema radicular quando transferidas para meio de Murashige & Skoog solidificado com ágar, sem regulador de crescimento e mantidas a 25°C na luz. A taxa de sobrevivência das plantas foi de 95%.