Plant regeneration in Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.) via coleoptile tissue cultures

1996 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. 882-887 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shanqiang Ke ◽  
Chiwon W. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Plant Regeneration ◽  
Poa Pratensis ◽  
Kentucky Bluegrass ◽  
Tissue Cultures

scholarly journals 582 PB 091 PLANT REGENERATION FROM EMBRYOGENIC CALLUS TISSUES OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS

HortScience ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 515c-515
Author(s):  
Shanqiang Ke ◽  
Chiwon W. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Plant Regeneration ◽  
Light Exposure ◽  
Poa Pratensis ◽  
Shoot Proliferation ◽  
Kentucky Bluegrass ◽  
Ms Medium ◽  
Embryogenic Calli ◽  
Albino Plants ◽  
Proliferation Medium ◽  
Callus Tissues

Coleoptile tissues from dark-germinated seedlings of Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.) cv. Touchdown were excised and cultured on MS medium supplemented with 1.5-2.5 mg/liter picloram plus 0.2 mg/liter benzyladenine (BA) or with 4 mg/liter 2,4-D. Embryogenic calli were formed on media containing 1.5 mg/liter picloram plus 2.5 mg/liter 2,4-D in the dark. When these embryogenic calli were subcultured on MS medium containing either 0.15-0.3 mg/liter picloram or 0.2-0.5 mg/liter 2,4-D in a 16-h day/8-h night photoperiod, 10.5% of the cultures regenerated shoots. Pretreatment of cultures in the dark for 2 weeks prior to light exposure slightly increased the plant regeneration efficiency to 15.5%. Pigmentation of the regenerants varied with a ratio of 8.5 completely green: 2.5 green plus albino: 1 completely albino plants. The shoots were multiplied in the medium containing 0.5 mg/liter BA plus either 0.2 mg/liter picloram or 0.1 mg/liter indoleacetic acid (IAA). Over 90% cultures in the shoot proliferation medium produced roots after 4 weeks.

scholarly journals Plant Regeneration from Seed-derived Callus in Kentucky Bluegrass(Poa pratensis L.)

2004 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 265-270
Author(s):  
Ho-Sung Yoon ◽  
Myunghee Lee ◽  
Eunkyung Bae ◽  
Hyoshin Lee ◽  
Jinki Jo
Keyword(s):  
Plant Regeneration ◽  
Poa Pratensis ◽  
Kentucky Bluegrass

Nitrogen fixation associated with 'Park' Kentucky bluegrass (Poapratensis L.)

1979 ◽  
Vol 25 (10) ◽  
pp. 1197-1200 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. C. Shearman ◽  
W. L. Pedersen ◽  
R. V. Klucas ◽  
E. J. Kinbacher
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Fixation ◽  
Acetylene Reduction ◽  
Poa Pratensis ◽  
Kentucky Bluegrass ◽  
Acetylene Reduction Activity ◽  
Controlled Environment ◽  
Nitrogen Accumulation ◽  
Reduction Activity ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Reduction Assay

Associative nitrogen fixation in Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.) turfs inoculated with five nitrogen-fixing bacterial isolates was evaluated using the acetylene reduction assay and nitrogen accumulation as indicators of fixation. 'Park' and 'Nugget' Kentucky bluegrass turfs were grown in controlled environment chambers and inoculated with Klebsiella pneumoniae (W-2, W-6, and W-14), Erwinia herbicola (W-8), and Enterobacter cloacae (W-11). 'Park' inoculated with K. pneumoniae (W-6) had significant acetylene reduction activity using undisturbed turfs. Other treatments including turfs treated with heat-killed cells had no significant difference in acetylene reduction. In a second study, 'Park' and 'South Dakota Certified' turfs were grown in a greenhouse and inoculated with K. pneumoniae (W-6) and E. herbicola (W-8). 'Park' inoculated with K. pneumoniae (W-6) had increased acetylene reduction activity rates and also a greater nitrogen accumulation in aerial tissues when compared to controls. Acetylene reduction activity was correlated (r = 0.92) to nitrogen accumulation. Other treatments did not effectively increase acetylene reduction activity or nitrogen accumulation.

Nitrogen fixation (acetylene reduction) by Klebsiella pneumoniae in association with 'Park' Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.)

1981 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. V. Wood ◽  
R. V. Klucas ◽  
R. C. Shearman
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Fixation ◽  
Klebsiella Pneumoniae ◽  
Ethylene Production ◽  
Acetylene Reduction ◽  
Nitrogenase Activity ◽  
Poa Pratensis ◽  
Kentucky Bluegrass ◽  
Surface Sterilization ◽  
Reducing Activity ◽  
Acetylene Reducing Activity

Turfs of 'Park' Kentucky bluegrass reestablished in the greenhouse and inoculated with Klebsiella pneumoniae (W6) showed significantly increased nitrogen fixation (acetylene reduction) compared with control turfs. Mean ethylene production rates per pot were 368 nmol h−1 for K. pneumoniae treated turfs, 55 nmol h−1 for heat-killed K. pneumoniae treated turfs, and 44 nmol h−1 for untreated turfs. Calculated lag periods before activity was observed were generally very short (less than 1 h).When 'Park' Kentucky bluegrass was grown from seed on soil-less medium of Turface, a fired aggregate clay, inoculation with K. pneumoniae (W6) resulted in 9 of 11 turfs showing nitrogenase activity (mean ethylene producion rate per pot was 195 nmol h−1). Only 3 of 11 turfs treated with heat-killed K. pneumoniae showed any activity and their mean rate of ethylene production (40 nmol h−1 per pot) was significantly lower than that for turfs treated with K. pneumoniae.Using the 'Park'–Turface soil-less model system it was shown that acetylene reducing activity was (i) root associated, (ii) generally highest at a depth of 1–4 cm below the surface, (iii) enhanced by washing excised roots, and (iv) inhibited by surface sterilization of excised roots. Klebsiella pneumoniae was recovered from Turface and roots showing acetylene reducing activity.

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