CAULOGENESIS AND TERPENIC SYNTHESIS IN-VI TRO IN PEPPERMINT

Authors
MEDOU G FAURE O JULLIEN F COLSON M PERRIN A
Citation
G. Medou et al., CAULOGENESIS AND TERPENIC SYNTHESIS IN-VI TRO IN PEPPERMINT, Acta botanica gallica, 144(3), 1997, pp. 371-379
Citations number
17
Journal title
Acta botanica gallica → ACNP
ISSN journal
12538078
Volume
144
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
371 - 379
Database
ISI
SICI code
1253-8078(1997)144:3<371:CATSIT>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Regenerated buds from in vitro cultured leaves of Peppermint (Mentha x piperita) have been obtained on a MSM medium supplemented with saccha rose (20 g.l(-1)) and various concentrations (0.5 mg.l(-1) et 2 mg.l(- 1)) of BAP. Best results were observed using young leaves from in vitr o micropropagated plants, cultivated in the dark. Different stages of differentiation during caulogenesis were characterized by Scanning Ele ctron Microscopy (SEM). After 5 days, a meristematic area developed fr om the base of the leaf. Ten days further neoformed buds could be obse rved and a secretory system was early differentiated. Gas Chromatograp hy (GC) analysis revealed terpene accumulation in the glandular struct ures.