21.05.2013 Views

The Influence Of Priming Two Cucumber Cultivar Seeds

The Influence Of Priming Two Cucumber Cultivar Seeds

The Influence Of Priming Two Cucumber Cultivar Seeds

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

A<br />

J. Duhok Univ. Vol.13, No.1, (Agri. And Vet. Sciences) Pp 112-121, 2010<br />

shoots/ culture and 3.34 leaves/ culture<br />

respectively (Table 2, Fig. 3. b-d), however the<br />

highest length of shoot was obtained at 7.5 mgl -1<br />

Kin which was 2.89 cm. Whereas no embryo<br />

and shoot per culture was obtained in MS<br />

medium free-hormone and the lowest length of<br />

shoot was obtained in MS medium containing 10<br />

mgl -1 BA which was 1.50 cm. Results of other<br />

researchers showed that BA is more effective<br />

than Kin for multiple shoot induction like nodal<br />

culture of lagerstroemia flos-regina (Paily and<br />

D , Souza, 1986). In general, BA has been<br />

frequently reported to induce better shoot<br />

111<br />

multiplication than other cytokinins, particularly<br />

in tree species. Its effectiveness has been<br />

demonstrated in juvenile as well as mature<br />

tissues of Calophyllum inophyllum, Euggenia<br />

grandis and Fragraea fragns (Rao and Lee,<br />

1982). Ahmad (1989) observed the highest<br />

length of shoots from Acacia mangium (0.95<br />

cm) on MS medium with 1 mgl -1 Kin from in<br />

vitro nodal explant. Faisal et al. (2006) reported<br />

the establishment of shoot in vitro from a nodal<br />

segment in 10 mgl -1 cytokinin, while Faisal et al<br />

(2007) got the best results from shoot segment at<br />

2.5 mgl -1 Kin.<br />

Fig. (3): a: somatic embryos and shoots developed on 2.5 mgl -1 BA; b: somatic embryos and shoots developed<br />

on 7.5 mgl -1 Kin; c: shoot induction from somatic embryos explants on 2.5 mgl -1 BA; d: shoot induction from<br />

somatic embryos explants on 7.5 mgl -1 Kin.<br />

Table (2): Effects of different concentrations of BA and Kin on the growth response of Codiaeum variegatum<br />

leaf explants after 8 weeks of culture.<br />

Growth regulator mg l -1 No. of somatic<br />

embryos<br />

induced from<br />

callus<br />

No. of shoots/<br />

culture<br />

No. of Leaves/<br />

culture<br />

average Length of Shoots<br />

control 0.0 1.00e 0e 0c 0d<br />

Kin<br />

BA<br />

B<br />

2.5 2.01de 1.85d 3.30a 1.63c<br />

5.0 3.55c 2.33cd 2.81ab 1.83bc<br />

7.5 3.70c 3.45b 3.35a 2.89a<br />

10 2.05de 2.50cd 2.83ab 1.93a<br />

2.5 7.95a 4.58a 3.13a 2.33ab<br />

5.0 7.71ab 3.20bc 2.10b 2.06bc<br />

7.5 6.69b 2.25d 2.15b 1.50c<br />

10 2.88cd 2.75bcd 2.50ab 1.50 c<br />

* Means followed by the same letter within each character (column) do not differ significantly (P≤0.05)<br />

according to Duncan's Multiple Range Test (Duncan ,1955).<br />

D<br />

(cm)

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!