Inducing orthotropic shoots in coffee with the morphactin chlorflurenolmethylester
The auxin-transport-inhibiting morphactin chlorflurenolmethylester (CFM; Methyl 2-chloro-9-hydroxyfluorene-9-carboxylate) breaks the dormancy of axillary buds in young coffee plants and produces orthotropic shoots. A. concentration of CFM as low as 50 mg/litre induced an average of 24 orthotropic shoots per 6-month-old seedling. This approach could provide a fast and inexpensive method of vegetative propagation for raising disease-resistant cultivars if adult clones respond similarly to the seedlings used here and the treatment does not adversely affect the propagation of induced shoots.
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1982
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| Subjects: | COFFEA ARABICA, SUSTANCIAS DE CRECIMIENTO VEGETAL, YEMA (PLANTA), MORFACTINAS, INHIBIDORES DE CRECIMIENTO, INJERTO, ESQUEJES, PROPAGACION POR ESQUEJE, |
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