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In Vitro Propagation Of Conradina Etonia, Cheryl L. Peterson, Russell C. Weigel
In Vitro Propagation Of Conradina Etonia, Cheryl L. Peterson, Russell C. Weigel
Ocean Engineering and Marine Sciences Faculty Publications
Conservation institutions worldwide such as the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew (U.K.) have frequently used in vitro propagation (micropropagation) as a valuable tool to support the conservation of some threatened and endangered species. Although many of the endemic species of Florida 's scrub ecosystem are extremely rare, they have not been widely researched using tissue culture techniques. In this paper, the amenability of Conradina etonia, an endangered scrub mint species, to in vitro growth and propagation was investigated using shoot tips. Callus formed and grew rapidly in the presence of both cytokinins and auxins. Rhizogenesis from callus occurred in both …