Abstract
The aim of the research was to determine the effects of melon and watermelon fruit extracts and low agar concentrations on in vitro propagated plants of potato. In this research, melon and watermelon fruits were used as experimental material. The plant traits such as leaf growth, root development, plant growth , plant vigour, plant height, number of nodes per plant, internode length and plant height were measured and evaluated after 30 days incubation period. One of the most important plant characteristic for in vitro potato propagation was number of nodes per plant which was obtained for the medium MS + 0.5% melon flesh with seeds + 20 g/l sucrose + 5 g/l agar. There was a significant relationship between number of nodes per plant and fresh weight and plant height. Potato plants grown on media with 20% melon flesh + 3 g/l agar and 0.5% melon flesh with seed and 2% sucrose + 5g/l agar as a carbon sources had equal plant growth characters compared to using medium with 3% sucrose. Melon extract media were well capable in performing optimum plant growth and development specially an increasing the number of nodes per plant (a fundamental of propagation rate). Hence, it was concluded that the combination of low concentration of agar and melon extract in the solid medium could offer a good supporting surface for potato micropropagation.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
In vitro potato propagation, the number of nodes per plant was obtained on MS medium with 0.5% melon flesh, seeds, 20 g/l sucrose and 5 g/l agar.
- Taxon
- potato
Solanum tuberosume1 - Treatment
- MS + 0.5% melon flesh with seeds + 20 g/l sucrose + 5 g/l agare1
- Outcome
- number of nodes per plante1
- Setting
- in vitroe1
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Verbatim
e1“One of the most important plant characteristic for in vitro potato propagation was number of nodes per plant which was obtained for the medium MS + 0.5% melon flesh with seeds + 20 g/l sucrose + 5 g/l agar”
Claim · model-written summary
Number of nodes per plant had a significant relationship with fresh weight and plant height.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosume1
- Outcome
- fresh weight and plant heighte2
- Qualifier
- significant relationship between number of nodes per plante2
- Setting
- in vitroe1
Not reportedDirection
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Verbatim
e1“One of the most important plant characteristic for in vitro potato propagation was number of nodes per plant which was obtained for the medium MS + 0.5% melon flesh with seeds + 20 g/l sucrose + 5 g/l agar”
e2“There was a significant relationship between number of nodes per plant and fresh weight and plant height”
Claim · model-written summary
Potato plants on medium with 20% melon flesh and 3 g/l agar had plant growth characters equal to those on medium with 3% sucrose.
- Taxon
- Potato plantsSolanum tuberosume3
- Treatment
- 20% melon flesh + 3 g/l agare3
- Outcome
- plant growth characterse3
- Direction
- equale3
- Comparator
- medium with 3% sucrosee3
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Verbatim
e3“Potato plants grown on media with 20% melon flesh + 3 g/l agar and 0.5% melon flesh with seed and 2% sucrose + 5g/l agar as a carbon sources had equal plant growth characters compared to using medium with 3% sucrose”
Claim · model-written summary
Potato plants on medium with 0.5% melon flesh, seed, 2% sucrose and 5 g/l agar had plant growth characters equal to those on medium with 3% sucrose.
- Taxon
- Potato plantsSolanum tuberosume3
- Treatment
- 0.5% melon flesh with seed and 2% sucrose + 5g/l agare3
- Outcome
- plant growth characterse3
- Direction
- equale3
- Comparator
- medium with 3% sucrosee3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e3“Potato plants grown on media with 20% melon flesh + 3 g/l agar and 0.5% melon flesh with seed and 2% sucrose + 5g/l agar as a carbon sources had equal plant growth characters compared to using medium with 3% sucrose”
Claim · model-written summary
Melon extract media increased the number of nodes per plant in potato.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosume1
- Treatment
- Melon extract mediae4
- Outcome
- number of nodes per plante4
- Direction
- increasinge4
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e1“One of the most important plant characteristic for in vitro potato propagation was number of nodes per plant which was obtained for the medium MS + 0.5% melon flesh with seeds + 20 g/l sucrose + 5 g/l agar”
e4“Melon extract media were well capable in performing optimum plant growth and development specially an increasing the number of nodes per plant”
Claim · model-written summary
Melon extract media were well capable of optimum plant growth and development in potato.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosume1
- Treatment
- Melon extract mediae4
- Outcome
- plant growth and developmente4
- Qualifier
- optimume4
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“One of the most important plant characteristic for in vitro potato propagation was number of nodes per plant which was obtained for the medium MS + 0.5% melon flesh with seeds + 20 g/l sucrose + 5 g/l agar”
e4“Melon extract media were well capable in performing optimum plant growth and development specially an increasing the number of nodes per plant”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors conclude that a low agar concentration combined with melon extract in solid medium could offer a good supporting surface for potato micropropagation.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosume5
- Treatment
- combination of low concentration of agar and melon extracte5
- Outcome
- good supporting surface for potato micropropagatione5
- Setting
- solid mediume5
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Verbatim
e5“the combination of low concentration of agar and melon extract in the solid medium could offer a good supporting surface for potato micropropagation”
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