Insight into the In vitro Olive Response to Boron Stress | Chapter 10 | Emerging Issues in Agricultural Sciences Vol. 2

 The present research was administered to investigate the reaction of two in vitro increasing olive cultivars to imperfection and toxicity of B in the culture medium. The artificial evaluation plan is a quick method for studying plant response to stress environments; it ensures regularity of methodology and the believeableness of the results obtained. Boron (B) is a minor element element that is to say required for sane plant growth. To date, nothing is popular about the response of artificial growing brownish shoots to B deficiency and toxicity. The current research was completed activity at tissue breeding laboratory of Pomology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Egypt. Olive shoots of ‘Aggezi Shami’ and ‘Picual’ cultivars were mature on Rugini Olive Media (ROM) supplemented accompanying five B concentrations (0, 12.6 (control), 50, 100 and 150 mg L-1 of boric acid). Our results indicated that B inadequacy and toxicity had a negative effect on in vitro growing brownish shoots of both cultivars. Control and 50 mg L-1 of B presented higher principles of olive dash growth limits. Olive shoots exhibited a moderate chlorotic presence and high shoots death with 0 and 150 mg L-1 B. By growing B concentration of the breeding medium B contents in explant raised as well as chlorophyll essences declined in answer to increased B aggregation in the culture medium. Shoots grown on boron-free medium more showed a important reduction when distinguished to control treatments. To boron, the 'Aggezi Shami' cv. was more stress easygoing than the 'Picual' cv.

Author(s) Details:

Abdou M. Abdallatif,
Pomology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.

Ibrahim Hmmam,
Pomology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.

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