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Preliminary results of in vitro propagation of GuayuleGuayule, Parthenium argentatum Gray, was first established in tissue culture by Bonner and Arreguin (1950) as a means to study the effects of various chemicals and extracts on rubber production. The propagation of whole guayule plants from tissue culture, however, has not been accomplished. The reported investigation is concerned with such an objective. In an attempt to stimulate rubber production in Guayule, Yokoyama et al. (1977) sprayed juvenile plants with 2-(3,4-dichloro-phenoxy)triethylamine (TEA derivative). This treatment resulted in increased isoprenoid levels in the plant tissue. In the current investigation, experiments were conducted to study the effect of TEA derivative on in vitro cultures. It was found that a suppression of callus formation occurs at a 10 mg/L concentration of TEA derivative with a resultant increase of shoot formation. Lower and higher concentrations of TEA derivative promote callus formation.
Document ID
19810057730
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Dastoor, M. N.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Schubert, W. W.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Petersen, G. R.
(California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Chemical and Biological Processes, Pasadena CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1981
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
Volume: 29
Subject Category
Life Sciences (General)
Accession Number
81A42134
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS7-100
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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