Carnation is one of the most important species on the worldwide market of cut flowers. Commercial carnation cultivars are vegetatively propagated from terminal stem cuttings that undergo a rooting and acclimation process. For some of the new cultivars that are being developed by ornamental breeders, poor adventitious root (AR) formation limits its commercial scaling-up, due to a significant inc...

Dormancy and subsequent regrowth of adventitious buds is a critical physiological process for many perennial plants. We have used the expression of hormone and cell cycle-responsive genes as markers to follow this process in leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula). In conjunction with earlier studies, we show that loss of mature leaves results in decreased sugar levels and increased gibberellin percepti...

A simple and efficient plantlet regeneration protocol via direct organogenesis was established for camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora L.). Stem segments with one node (SN explants) from embryo-cultured seedlings (EC seedlings) were used as explants. Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with 0.5 mg/L 2, 4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and 2.0 mg/L 6-benzyladenine was used to induce cotyledon...

Cecropia is a relatively well-known and well-studied genus in the Neotropics. Methods for the successful propagation of C. obtusifolia Bertoloni, 1840 from cuttings and air layering are described, and the results of an experiment to test the effect of two auxins, naphthalene acetic acid (NAA) and indole butyric acid (IBA), on adventitious root production in cuttings are presented. In general, C...

The success of plant tissue cultures is influenced by plant growth regulators, nutrient supply, and the carbon source in the medium. We investigated the most suitable carbon source and concentration for the in vitro rooting of Rehmannia glutinosa. Stem segments of R. glutinosa were cultured in vitro with 30 g/L of seven different carbon sources (sucrose, dextrose, mannose, glucose, sucrose, gal...

Abstract Background Evidence bearing on the role of statins in prevention and treatment cancer is confounded by diversity statins, chemotherapeutic agents types included numerous published studies; consequently, adjunctive value with chemotherapy remains uncertain. Methods We assayed lovastatin combination each ten commonly prescribed drugs highly reproducible vitro assays, using a neutral cell...