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- Title
Impact of saline solution on growth and photosystem II during in vitro cultivation of Bromelia antiacantha (Bromeliaceae).
- Authors
Cipriano, Rosiane; Rodrigues Martins, João Paulo; de Almeida Rodrigues, Luiz Carlos; Falqueto, Antelmo Ralph; Passos Lima Gontijo, Andreia Barcelos
- Abstract
In vitro cultivation is a technique with wide application for micropropagation. However, each species has specific mineral needs for this type of cultivation. The objective was to assess the impacts of the saline solution culture medium on the performance of the photosynthetic apparatus and growth of Bromelia antiacantha during in vitro cultivation, and thus to elucidate the mitigation of the nutritional imbalance that can interfere in the electron transport in the plants. Plants were cultivated in a salt concentration gradient of MS medium (0%, 25%, 50%, 75% or 100%). The growth traits and fluorescence a chlorophyll were analyzed. Intermediate concentrations of MS medium resulted in plants with a larger number of leaves and longer root length. The OJIP curves and results of the JIP test showed that the plants grown without MS salts presented less efficient photosystem II (PSII), as indicated by the performance index [Pi(TOTAL)]. In contrast, the intermediate concentrations (MS 25% and 50%) had a positive effect on the performance of the photosynthetic apparatus. The MS 25% medium can be used for in vitro cultivation of B. antiacantha, enabling the development of plants with suitable physiological qualities for planting in the field.
- Subjects
PHOTOSYSTEMS; SALINE solutions; BROMELIACEAE; CHLOROPHYLL spectra; CULTURE media (Biology); CONCENTRATION gradient
- Publication
Rodriguésia, 2021, Vol 72, p1
- ISSN
0370-6583
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/2175-7860202172018