This current study was carried out on B41 grape rootstock
micropropagated in vitro at the General Commission for Scientific Agricultural
Research (GCSAR), Syria to study the effect of different concentrations of
sodium chloride on the multiplicati
on and rooting stages. The results showed
that the highest average of survival plants (98%), the number of new buds
(8.43) and plant length (8.58 cm) were obtained in the control treatment after 4
weeks from multiplication stage. The treatment with 50 mM of sodium chloride
led to reduce the multiplication rates with significant differences, while the
lowest plant multiplication had occurred with 100 mM of sodium chloride and
no survival plants were remained by the treatment with 150 mM of sodium
chloride during multiplication stage. The highest rooting rates (% 85.30), the
number of roots (4.67) and root length (6.28 cm) were also obtained in the
control treatment after 4 weeks from rooting stage. The treatment with 50 mM
of sodium chloride led to reduce the rooting process with significant
differences. The lowest rooting results were observed with 100 mM of sodium
chloride and no rooting rate was observed when plants were treated with 150
mM of sodium chloride.
This current study was conducted on gardenia plant (Gardenia
jasminoides.L.) cv. ellis. which was micropropagated in vitro to study the effect
of some plant growth regulators on multiplication and rooting, for the aim of
developing a complete in v
itro microprpagation system of the studied cv.
Results demonstrated that, the best medium for in vitro micropropagation of
the studied cv. was MS medium supplemented with 1 mg/L BA + 0.1 mg/L IBA
with a multiplication rate of 5.33 new shoots, with average shoot height of 4.73
cm, and average leaf number of 4.36. These shoots were then transferred to a
rooting media containing a half-strength of the multiplication basal media with
NAA at a concentration of 1mg/L which resulted in highest rooting efficiency of
97% with average root number of 9.67, and average root length of 5.35 cm, and
average stem length of 9.80 cm, and average leaf number of 5.07. Increasing
NAA concentration in rooting media to 1.5 mg/L resulted in increasing root
length average to 6.28 cm with significant difference in comparison to the
previous treatment. Rooted Plantlets were acclimatized gradually in a growth
room conditions to ex vitro conditions with 85 % efficiency.
A study on the propagation of female kiwi trees (Hayward variety) by wooden
cuttings, using plant growth regulators, was conducted at Latakia Agricultural
Research Centre during the seasons 2009, 2011 and 2012. Two dates for collecting
cuttings (J
anuary and February) from kiwi trees which were selected. On each date,
the cuttings were divided into three groups according to cutting location on the
shoot (basal, middle and apical). The NAA and IBA growth regulators were applied
at several concentrations, in addition to two treatments of the mixture of both growth
regulators.
