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Frontiers of Agriculture in China

ISSN 1673-7334

ISSN 1673-744X(Online)

CN 11-5729/S

Front. Agric. China    2008, Vol. 2 Issue (3) : 321-330    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11703-008-0035-1
Studies on browning problem and phenols content on shoots of Yali, Aikansui and Abbe Fetel pears for culture
POUDYAL Bharat Kumar1, DU Guoqiang2, ZHANG Yuxing2, LIU Jie2, SHI Qingchun2
1.Department of Agriculture, Fruit Development Directorate, Kirtipur; 2.College of Horticulture, Agricultural University of Hebei;
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Abstract Yali is one of the best pear cultivars cultivated extensively in China and other countries. However, mortality rates of explants during the initial phase of tissue culture were found to be very high during the summer particularly from the shoot tip explants. A thorough investigation on the browning problem of Yali Aikansui and Abbe Fetel pears was done and their control measures are suggested in this paper. Emphasis has been given to the Yali pear. Shoot explants were collected from the field as well as from the plantlets grown in vitro during different months and observed for browning. The explants were excised and cultured in Murashige and Skoog (MS) solid and liquid medium as needed. The cultures were maintained in the dark as well as in a 16/8 hours light/dark photoperiod regime as needed and were kept in a growth room at (25 ± 2)°C temperature. According to the experimental results, Yali was found more severely infected by browning than the other two cultivars. Similarly, it was also found that, the intensity of browning was less during spring and increased with time and reached the maximum during summer. Shoot tips of Yali were found more severely infected by browning than the second node and other nodes. This accelerated the mortality rate up to 81% of shoot explants during the summer months of July and August. Browning was greatly influenced by water-soluble polyphenols, more of which were found in the shoot tip of explants collected from the field (significantly higher at P ≤ 0.05 and P ≤ 0.01). Total polyphenol contents were found less in the explants from plantlets grown in vitro, and less browning of medium appeared resulting in a lower mortality rate of explants. Collections of explants during early spring (P ≤ 0.05 and P ≤ 0.01) and use of other nodes rather shoot tip because explants (P ≤ 0.05 and P ≤ 0.01) were found to be better in preventing the browning problem. Finally, for curative measures to control browning, use of ascorbic acid at the rate of 100 mg·L-1 (P ≤ 0.05 and P ≤ 0.01), 0.02% polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) in the culture medium (P ≤ 0.05), 96 hours dark treatment of other nodes (P ≤ 0.05), and 12 hours cold treatments of explants at 4°C (P ≤ 0.05 and P ≤ 0.01) prior to sterilization of explants, were found to be the best methods to control browning and therefore to increase the survival rate of cultured explants of the Yali pear.
Issue Date: 05 September 2008
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POUDYAL Bharat Kumar,DU Guoqiang,ZHANG Yuxing, et al. Studies on browning problem and phenols content on shoots of Yali, Aikansui and Abbe Fetel pears for culture[J]. Front. Agric. China, 2008, 2(3): 321-330.
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https://academic.hep.com.cn/fag/EN/Y2008/V2/I3/321
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