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Application of betaine improves solution uptake and in vitro shoot multiplication in tea

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Title Application of betaine improves solution uptake and in vitro shoot
multiplication in tea
 
Creator Zaim, M
Kumar, Y
Hallan, Vipin
Zaidi , A A
 
Subject Plant sciences
Plant Biotechnology
 
Description The application of betaine, a quaternary ammonium
compound influenced the micropropagation in two
commercially important UPASI (U-9 and U-10) cultivars
of tea. Growth and multiplication of shoots of both the
cultivars was enhanced significantly in the presence of
125–1,000 mg l-1 betainewith best response at 1,000 mg l-1
betaine. The shoots turned brown and died within 15 days
when 1,500 mg l-1 betaine was applied. The study showed
faster water/nutrient uptake in the presence of betaine.Higher
assimilation of carbon and nitrogen in the presence of betaine
was also indicated in biochemical analyses. Thus, a decrease
in carbohydrates coupled with an increase in nitrate reductase
activity was recorded. Moreover, faster differentiation of
vascular elements and shoot thickness was observed in the
shoots of U-9 and U-10 growing on medium containing
1,000 mg l-1 betaine. Nutrient uptake, assimilation and
growth were significantly higher in U-10 as compared to U-9
shoots
 
Date 2011
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://ihbt.csircentral.net/1094/1/24_Application.pdf
Zaim, M and Kumar, Y and Hallan, Vipin and Zaidi , A A (2011) Application of betaine improves solution uptake and in vitro shoot multiplication in tea. Virus Genus, 43 (1). pp. 138-146.
 
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