Regeneration of plants from Fraxinus nigra Marsh. hypocotyls

Rochelle R. Beasley; Paula M. M. Pijut

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Regeneration of plants from Fraxinus nigra Marsh. hypocotyls

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Authors:

Rochelle R. Beasley, Paula M. M. Pijut

Year:

2013

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

HortScience. 48(7): 887-890.

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Abstract

Fraxinus nigra Marsh. (black ash) is a native North American hardwood tree species that is ecologically important and has ethnobotanical significance to American Indian communities of the eastern United States. Black ash has immature embryos at seed set, combined with complex stratification requirements, making natural regeneration difficult. This, combined with the threat and devastation being caused by the emerald ash borer, makes an in vitro adventitious shoot regeneration and rooting protocol imperative for mass propagation, conservation, and genetic improvement of this species.

Keywords

adventitious shoots, black ash, rooting, shoot organogenesis, vitro

Citation

Beasley, Rochelle R.; Pijut, Paula M. 2013. Regeneration of plants from Fraxinus nigra Marsh. hypocotyls. HortScience. 48(7): 887-890.