scholarly journals Nutrient Media Optimization for Date Palm Micropropagation (Phoenix dactylifera L.)

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-96
Author(s):  
Ghulam Sughra Mangrio ◽  
Altaf Ahmed Simair ◽  
Shumiala Tabassum ◽  
Bharat Kumar ◽  
Nadia Mangrio

An experimental study was conducted to optimise nutritional media for date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) micropropagation by employing a shoot tip as an explant on basic Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium with varied Auxin (IAA, NAA) and Cytokinin (Kinetin and 2ip) concentrations for shoot and root multiplication. The findings of date palm regeneration on basal MS medium (Control) without Kinetin and IAA indicated a decreased survival rate (5.0%) and no root or shoot up to the end of the experiment. When the basal MS medium having different Kinetin and IAA concentrations showed an increased rate of survival, i.e. basal MS +0.5 mg/L of Kinetin and 0.0 IAA (8.0%), MS basal+1.0 mg/L of Kinetin and 0.5 IAA (6.6) and basal MS +2.0 mg/L of Kinetin and 1.5 IAA (7.0) and basal MS contains 1.5 mg/L of Kinetin and 1.0 IAA resulted in highest survival rate (8.8%). However, the highest number of shoots (2.2) and a maximum length of shoots (8.8 cm) were recorded on basal MS medium containing 2.0 mg/L of Kinetin and 1.5 IAA. Moreover, the highest number of roots (3.34) and measured the maximum length of roots (3.56 cm) was achieved on basal MS media containing 1.0 NAA and 1.5 mg/L of 2ip.

2018 ◽  
Vol 86 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rizka Tamania SAPTARI ◽  
. SUMARYONO

 Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) is the most important crop in the dry areas of the Middle East and North Africa. This palm has been introduced to many countries but has not been grown commercially in Indonesia. Date palm propaga-tion by seeds is easy but its progenies are varied and a half of them are male trees that will not produce fruits. Meanwhile, the propagation by offshoots is impractical and technically difficult. Tissue culture makes it possible to massproduce of genetically identicalsuperior date palms. This research aimed to develop somatic embryogenesis (SE) of date palm using shoot tipand young leaves of date palm seedling as explants. Steps on somatic embryogenesis are explant sterilization, callus initiation and proliferation, somatic embryos induction and maturation, and plantlets matura-tion and rooting. Calli emerged from shoot tip explants after  9 weeks of culture in a modified MS medium supplemented with 10 mg/L 2,4-D, 1 mg/L or  3 mg/L 2-iP, and 1.5 g/L active charcoal. The callus was able to bear somatic embryo in the modified MS medium without hormones. Somatic embryos then developed into plantlets, and roots of plantlets were effectively initiated in the medium supplemented with 0.5 mg/L NAA and 1 mg/L IBA.[Keywords:sterilization,  callogenesis, somatic embryo induction, plantlet rooting, clonal propagation]. Abstrak  Tanaman kurma (Phoenix dactyliferaL.) merupakan tanaman terpenting di wilayah kering Timur Tengah dan Afrika Utara. Palma ini telah menyebar ke banyak negara, namun belum ditanam secara komersial di Indonesia. Perbanyakan kurma dengan biji sangat mudah tetapi turunannya sangat beragam dan setengahnya merupakan tanaman jantan yang tidak berbuah. Perbanyakan dengan anakan (offshoots) secara komersial tidak praktis dan relatif sulit. Kultur jaringan memungkinkan untuk dihasilkan secara massal bibit tanaman kurma varietas unggul yang secara genetik seragam. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengembangkan embriogenesis somatik menggunakan eksplan pucuk tunasdan daun muda dari bibit tanaman kurma. Pengembangan embriogenesis somatik terdiri dari tahap sterilisasi eksplan, inisiasi dan proliferasi kalus, induksi dan maturasi embrio somatik, serta pembesaran dan pembentukan akar planlet. Kalus terbentuk dari eksplan pucuk tunassetelah 9 minggu dikultur pada medium MS modifikasi yang ditambahkan 2,4-D 10 mg/L,  2-iP 1 mg/L atau 3 mg/L, dan arang aktif 1,5 g/L.Kalus berhasil diinduksi menghasilkanembrio somatik pada medium MS modifikasi tanpa penggunaan hormon. Embrio somatik kemudian berkembang hingga menjadi planlet, dan akar planlet secara efektif terinisiasipada medium yang ditambahkan NAA 0,5 mg/L dan IBA1 mg/L.  [Kata kunci :sterilisasi,  kalogenesis, induksi embrio somatik, pengakaran planlet, propagasi klonal].


HortScience ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 461a-461
Author(s):  
Essam A. Mawlood ◽  
Karim H. Al-Juboory

This experiment was conducted at the Zaffarania Experimental Station in Baghdad, Iraq. The seeds of date palm cultivars `Zahdy' and `Khastawy' were cultured on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium containing 0.5 mg/L NAA and 2.0 mg/L BA. Seeds were treated with 10, 20, 30, and 40 pulses of excimer laser radiation. The results indicate that these seeds exhibited significantly less contamination than control. The highest percentage germination for both cultivars was obtained with explants trerated with 40 pulses excimer laser radiation. Compared to other treatments, the shoot regeneration was greater with seeds from the `Khastawy' cultivar. Scanning electron microscope showed regeneration occurred about 5 months after.


2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-45
Author(s):  
Saleh M. Bader ◽  
Hussam S. M. Khierallah

This study was conducted to examine the effect of silver thiosulphate (STS) and glutamine at various concentrations on direct organogenesis and shoots multiplication of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) Barhi and Maktom cvs. Shoot tip quarters were cultured in vitro on modified MS medium supplemented with 2.0 mg/1 2ip, 1.0 mg/1 BA, 1.0 mg/1 NAA and 1.0 mg/1 NOA with various concentrations of STS (30, 60, 90 and 120 µM) and glutamine at (0.35, 0.70, 1.4 and 2.1 mM). The same concentrations were used in multiplication stage with medium supplemented with 4.0 mg/1 2ip, 2 mg/1 BA, 1.0 mg/1 NAA and 1.0 mg/1 NOA. Results indicated that the addition of STS at 90 µM and glutamine at 0.7 mM gave the best result for adventitious bud formation after 16 weeks (8.1 and 9.4 buds per explant for Barhi and Maktom respectively). Subculturing of these buds on agitated liquid MS medium with 90 µM STS and 1.4 mM glutamine gave the highest average of shoots number (12.5 and 14.7 shoots for Barhi and Maktom respectively). Maktom cultivar produced more buds and shoots than Barhi irrespective of the level of STS and glutamine. Shoots were rooted and successfully transferred to soil. These results confirm the importance of supplementing plant culture media of date palm cvs. Barhi and Maktom with both silver thiosulphate and glutamine in order to optimize and improve the clonal propagation protocol for these two cultivars.


HortScience ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 875C-875
Author(s):  
Yousef I. Dlaigan ◽  
A.E. Said ◽  
M.A. El-Hamady

The effects of the physical state of nutrient media on the growth and elongation of excised date palm roots were investigated. Roots were cultured in a nutrient medium containing MS salts mixture, 1/2 modified White's organics, and (in mg–liter–1): NaH2PO4–H2O, 170; sucrose, 60,000; inositol, 40; adenine sulfate, 240; activated charcoal, 4000; 2,4-D, 1; kinetin, 2. pH was adjusted at 5.7 ± 0.1. Both agar and Gelrite were singly used as solidifying agents. Liquid media were either stationary or rotated on gyratory shakers at 70 to 80 rpm. The effects of incubation of cultured roots under light or dark conditions were also studied. Media pH and its effects on growth and elongation of cultured roots were tested at various ranges (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10). Trials were also made to determine the passage length for transfer and subculture of cultured roots to a newly prepared medium. Liquid media highly supported better growth and elongation of cultured roots compared to solidified media. There was no significant difference in growth or elongation between agar or Gelrite media. Shaking liquid medium resulted in significantly better growth and elongation compared to stationary medium. No difference was observed between dark- and light-incubated cultured roots. Cultured roots grew and elongated better at pH 7.0–8.0. No growth or elongation occurred at pH 9.0. Roots continued to grow and elongate even after 12 weeks in culture. Therefore, 10 to 12 weeks after culture was determined to be the optimum passage length for date palm root culture.


HortScience ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 572a-572
Author(s):  
Karim H. Al-Juboory

The seeds of two cultivars of Phoenix dactylifera L. (Medjol and Deglet-Nour) were cultured on modified Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium containing 0.5 mg/l NAA and 2.0 mg/l BA. Later they were treated with 25 or 50 pulses of excimer laser radiation. The results indicate that these seeds exhibited significantly less contamination than control. The highest percentage germination for both cultivars was obtained with explants treated with 50 pulses excimer laser radiation. Compared to other treatments, the occurrence of somatic embryo-genesis and shoot regeneration was greater with the Medjol cultivar.


LWT ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 111762
Author(s):  
Ibrahim A. Almusallam ◽  
Isam A. Mohamed Ahmed ◽  
Elfadil E. Babiker ◽  
Fahad Y. Al-Juhaimi ◽  
Ali Saleh ◽  
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