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Liquid Culture Systems for in vitro Plant Propagation

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Experimental use of a novel temporary immersion system 267<br />

Table 1: Olive cv. Chondrolia Chalkidikis microshoot development at 28° C and 22° C <strong>in</strong><br />

agar solidified medium, after 105 days of culture<br />

No. of new microshoots<br />

per explant<br />

Shoot length<br />

(cm)<br />

No. of nodes<br />

Internodal length<br />

(cm)<br />

T 28°C 1.75±0.66 3.41±1.75 11.22±3.43* 0.30±0.10*<br />

T 22°C 1.40±0.60 3.08±2.13 8.95±2.99* 0.34±0.26*<br />

* Statistically significant difference by Student’s t-test (P� 0.05).<br />

Table 2: Effect of agar solidified and liquid medium on olive cv. Chondrolia Chalkidikis<br />

microshoot development, after 30 days of culture at 28° C<br />

No. of new<br />

shoots/explant<br />

Percentage of buds<br />

developed <strong>in</strong>to shoots<br />

Average shoot<br />

length (cm)<br />

Control (agar solidified) 1.75 ab 89 1.22 ab<br />

LifeReactor © 0.35 c 18 0.40 cd<br />

Filter bridges 0.43 c 22 0.32 d<br />

Erlenmeyer flasks 1.93 a 97 0.40 cd<br />

TIS 10 days +<br />

20 days agar solidified<br />

medium<br />

TIS 20 days +<br />

10 days agar solidified<br />

medium<br />

0.64 c 32 1.40 a<br />

1.41b 71 0.70 c<br />

TIS 30 days 1.93 a 97 0.95 bc<br />

Different letters with<strong>in</strong> columns <strong>in</strong>dicate significant differences (P� 0.05).

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