EFFECT OF BENZYLADENINE ON MICROPROPAGATION OF BANANA SHOOTS TIP | ||||
| Arab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences | ||||
| Article 39, Volume 26, Special issue (2D) - Serial Number 6, February 2018, Page 2557-2564 PDF (714.39 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ajs.2018.35626 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Sara M. Abdel-Motagaly; Yasmin M.R. Abdellatif,; H. H. Manaf; I. S. Ibrahim | ||||
| Agric. Botany Dept., Fac. of Agric., Ain Shams Univ., P.O. Box 68, Hadayek Shobra 11241, Cairo, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The effect of benzyl adenine (BA) at 0, 2, 4, 6 and 8 mg l-1 on micropropagation of banana shoot tips was studied. This study also included the morphological responses of banana shoot tips especially with 0 & 6 mg l-1 of BA treatments in relation to some biochemical compositions (total soluble phenols, free amino acids, total soluble sugars, chlorophyll a, b and carotenoids). Growth in 6 mg l-1 of BA resulted in increase in the most morphological parameters compared to the rest treatments. The results showed that 6 mg l-1 of BA treatment significantly increased fresh and dry weights, number of shootlets, shootlet and root length and number of leaves and roots/plantlet as compared without BA. Accumulation of total soluble sugars, free amino acids and chlorophylls was enhanced by 6 mg l-1 of BA while the reverse was true with the rest biochemical compositions (total soluble phenols and carotenoids). The biochemical status and BA treatment at 6 mg l-1 during micropropagation of shoot tips in banana may be important for the development and optimization of strategies for large scale propagation and germplasm conservation. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Banana; micropropagation; shoot tip; Benzyladenine (BA=BAP) | ||||
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