Abstract
Billbergia pallidiflora Liemb. belongs to the Bromeliaceae family. In Mexico, it is distributed in several states and extends to El Salvador and Nicaragua. The main objective of this project was to standardize multiplication for the species through in vitro culture. The goal is to generate a protocol for its legal cultivation, given its morphological characteristics that make it ideal for ornamental use. The aim is to offer a sustainable alternative that reduces pressure on wild populations, a common problem in many bromeliads To this end, the effect of naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA) and benzyladenine (BA) on its micropropagation were evaluated from microstem fragments cultivated for a period of 60 days. The study was established in a completely randomized design with five treatments and three replicates, each experimental unit consisted of 10 flasks with two explants per flask. The data obtained were analyzed using the Tukey means test with a confidence level of α=0.05, in the SAS statistical package. Each microstem fragment generated at least one whole plant. 50 % of the explants regenerated more than one shoot. Statistically significant differences were found between treatments for shoot length, aerial dry matter, root length, and root volume variables; for the effect of NAA and BA there was no statistical effect. B. pallidiflora proved to be a viable plant for micropropagation over a 60-day period, using microstem fragments, even without addition of plant growth regulators.
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
Each microstem fragment generated at least one whole plant.
- Taxon
- Billbergia pallidiflora
Billbergia pallidiflorat0 - Organ / stage
- microstem fragmente0
- Outcome
- whole plante0
- Value
- at least onee0
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Verbatim
e0“Each microstem fragment generated at least one whole plant.”
t0“Billbergia pallidiflora”
Claim · model-written summary
Half of the explants regenerated more than one shoot.
- Taxon
- Billbergia pallidifloraBillbergia pallidiflorat0
- Organ / stage
- explantse0
- Outcome
- regenerated more than one shoote0
- Value
- 50 %e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“50 % of the explants regenerated more than one shoot.”
t0“Billbergia pallidiflora”
Claim · model-written summary
Treatments differed significantly in shoot length, aerial dry matter, root length and root volume.
- Taxon
- Billbergia pallidifloraBillbergia pallidiflorat0
- Treatment
- treatmentse0
- Outcome
- shoot length, aerial dry matter, root length, and root volumee0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Statistically significant differences were found between treatments for shoot length, aerial dry matter, root length, and root volume variables”
t0“Billbergia pallidiflora”
Claim · model-written summary
NAA and BA had no statistical effect on the measured propagation variables.
- Taxon
- Billbergia pallidifloraBillbergia pallidiflorat0
- Treatment
- NAA and BAe0
- Outcome
- micropropagatione1
- Direction
- no statistical effecte0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“for the effect of NAA and BA there was no statistical effect.”
e1“naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA) and benzyladenine (BA) on its micropropagation”
t0“Billbergia pallidiflora”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors conclude micropropagation is viable over 60 days with microstem fragments even without growth regulators.
- Taxon
- Billbergia pallidifloraBillbergia pallidiflorat0
- Outcome
- micropropagation over a 60-day period, using microstem fragments, even without addition of plant growth regulatorse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“B. pallidiflora proved to be a viable plant for micropropagation over a 60-day period, using microstem fragments, even without addition of plant growth regulators.”
t0“Billbergia pallidiflora”