E. Dumas et O. Monteuuis, IN-VITRO ROOTING OF MICROPROPAGATED SHOOTS FROM JUVENILE AND MATURE PINUS-PINASTER EXPLANTS - INFLUENCE OF ACTIVATED-CHARCOAL, Plant cell, tissue and organ culture, 40(3), 1995, pp. 231-235
The ability for adventitious rooting of micropropagated shoots from ju
venile and mature Pinus pinaster Ait. explants was assessed in vitro o
n a rooting expression medium. The different rooting traits observed,
namely the rooting rate, the number and the length of the adventitious
roots, and the root score, were greatly influenced by the age of the
donor plant: 98% of juvenile explants rooted, while only 49% of mature
explants did. Addition of activated charcoal in the rooting expressio
n medium improved the overall rooting capacity of the mature explants
to an average of 78%. Whatever the plant material, the number and the
length of the adventitious roots, as well as the root score, fluctuate
d according to the sampling date.