Study on Tissue Culture of Leucophyta brownii ‘Canal Rocks Form’

[Objective] This study aimed to establish a tissue culture technology for Leucophyta brownii ‘Canal Rocks Form’. [Method] Leucophyta brownii ‘Canal Rocks Form’ stems with axillary buds were selected as explants in vitro to investigate the effects of different concentrations of 6-BA and NAA on proliferation culture and the effects of IBA, NAA and subculture cycle on rooting culture. [Result] The results showed that Leucophyta brownii ‘Canal Rocks Form’ plantlets need low concentrations of phytohormones and the rooting culture was significantly affected by the subculture cycle; the optimal medium for proliferation culture was MS＋0.5 mg/L 6-BA＋0.05 mg/L NAA＋30 g/L sucrose＋5.5 g/L agar, with a proliferation coefficient of 4.25; the plantlets with a subculture cycle of 28 d were the most suitable for rooting culture, with a rooting rate of 95.9% in 1/2 MS＋0.1 mg/L IBA＋0.05 mg/L NAA＋20 g/L sucrose＋5.5 g/L agar, and the average number and length of roots were 4.69 and 1.68 cm, respectively. [Conclusion] This study laid the foundation for establishing sterile culture system of Leucophyta brownii ‘Canal Rocks Form’.

Optimization of rhizogenesis for in vitro shoot culture of Pinus massoniana Lamb.

The rooting capacity of Pinus massoniana is poor,especially for mature trees,and has prevented the development of clonal forestry for P.massoniana.In this study,we varied explant types,subculture times and exogenous hormones for plantlet regeneration and assessed shoots for rooting rate and root number for P.massoniana.Following fi ve repetitive grafts,new shoots from grafts used as explant sources were rejuvenated as observed from juvenile shoot morphology and anatomy,leading to greatly enhanced plant regeneration in comparison to that of mature materials from 26-year-old P.massoniana trees.The rooting capacity of subcultured shoots increased with successive subcultures,reaching a peak at 20 subcultures with 35–40 days per subculture.However,rooting performance was signifi cantly reduced after 30 subcultures.The addition of naphthaleneacetic acid(NAA)plus indoleacetic acid in the medium improved the root number,but the combination of exogenous NAA with paclobutrazol(PBZ)increased rooting rate and root number.We thus greatly improved the rooting capacity of mature P.massoniana trees by optimizing explant types(rejuvenated),subculture times(20 subcultures,35–40 days per subculture)and addition of NAA+PBZ to the rooting medium.The conditions can be used for effi cient plantlet regeneration of P.massoniana.