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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Micropropagation and bioreactor studies of the medicinally important plant Lessertia (Sutherlandia) frutescens L.
South African Journal of Botany, Volume 76, No. 2, Year 2010
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This study describes a protocol for rapid and efficient in vitro propagation of Lessertia frutescens (cancer bush), a medicinally important plant species native to southern Africa. Single node explants were grown in various culture regimes of MS medium containing 30 g/l sucrose supplemented with various concentrations of cytokinins and auxins and solidified with 8 g/l agar. These were (a) 2.22, 4.44, 13.32 and 22.19 μM BA; 2.32, 4.65, 13.95 and 23.23 μM K and 0.45, 2.27, 4.54 and 13.62 μM TDZ (b) a combination of 2.22 μM BA with 0.57, 2.85, 5.71 and 11.42 μM IAA, 0.49, 2.46, 4.9 and 9.8 μM IBA or 0.54, 2.69, 5.37 and 10.74 μM NAA and (c) different media types viz. MS, SH basal salt medium and WPM at 1, 1/2 and 1/4 salt strength which were each supplemented with 2.22 μM BA and 0.54 μM NAA. Single node explants were also grown in MS liquid medium supplemented with 2.22 μM BA and 0.54 μM NAA in temporary and continuous immersion bioreactors. Maximum number of shoots (12.9) per single node explant was obtained in the temporary immersion bioreactor but 50% of these shoots showed symptoms of hyperhydricity. In solid culture the best shoot multiplication response (10 shoots) was obtained in full strength MS. Roots were induced using shoot tips cultured in 1/2 MS solid medium supplemented with various concentrations of IBA or NAA. The highest rooting percentage (78%) was achieved in 19.6 μM IBA. Rooted plantlets were cultured in a mixture of perlite and vermiculite (1:1; v/v) and successfully acclimatized in a growth chamber with an 85% survival rate. © 2009 SAAB.
Authors & Co-Authors
Shaik, Shakira
South Africa, Durban
University of Kwazulu-natal
Dewir, Yaser Hassan
South Africa, Durban
University of Kwazulu-natal
Egypt, Kafr El-sheikh
Faculty of Agriculture
Singh, Nisha
South Africa, Durban
University of Kwazulu-natal
Nicholas, Ashley
South Africa, Durban
University of Kwazulu-natal
Statistics
Citations: 52
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.sajb.2009.10.005
ISSN:
02546299
Research Areas
Cancer