Plant Diversity ›› 1991, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (03): 1-3.

• Articles •    

EFFECT OF COUMARIN AND OLIGOSACCHARINS ON IN VITRO TUBERIZATION OF POTATO

CHEN Shan-Na LI Qiong -Hong WANG Li-Hua NIE Wei-Min WANG Jun   

  1. Department of Biology, Yunnan University
  • Online:1991-06-25 Published:1991-06-25

Abstract: The physiological active substances coumarin and oligosaccharins extracted from Dendrobium candidum and Panax ginseng were added into the medium (MS+5.0 mg/ 1 BAP+8 sucrose) to induce in vitro tuberization of potato. The effect were compared with those of adding chlorocholine chloride (CCC) on inducing in vitro tuberization. The results showed that when 100 mg/ 1 coumarin was added, the effect On amount of tuberization ap-proximated to the effect of using 500 mg/ 1 CCC.

Key words: Potato