Plant husbandry – Miscellaneous – Modified earth's surface – e.g. – sod – turf – reinforced
Patent
1991-04-22
1992-10-20
Chilcot, Jr., Richard E.
Plant husbandry
Miscellaneous
Modified earth's surface, e.g., sod, turf, reinforced
47 58, A01H 400, A01G 3100
Patent
active
051559323
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The invention relates to a method for aseptically rooting of in-vitro propagated material for the horti- and agriculture, using a rooting medium, within a closed integument formed of a semi-permeable and transluscent membrane.
WO 88/06402 discloses the principle of (plant) tissue culturing by enclosing the tissue material to be propagated together with a suitable medium into an integument of a semi-permeable and translucent material, which allows light-transmission and gas-exchange but seals out the biological contaminance in the ambient environment.
It has also been known to root in-vitro (i.e. under aseptic conditions) propagated material in a rooting medium, that is usually composed of water, auxine hormones, micro- and macro salts, vitamins, saccharose and agar, the percentage of which components varying with the type of plant, whereas the agar functions therein as a gel-forming agent. More specifically the above document also teaches the growth of individual plantlets from plant tissue material propagated in the above manner, by enclosing a portion (cutting) of such propagated material, together with a suitable medium in gel form, into a similar integument.
This well-known rooting method typically results in the forming of roots consisting of a hollow tube having a closed end (root-tip). In general there is no question of root-hair forming, so that the single root-tip is of vital importance, because only this portion of the root is capable of absorbing nutriments. When transferring the rooted plant material to in-vivo circumstances, such root-tips may easily get damaged, thereby causing a delay of the initial growth or even a complete dying back of the plantlet. Besides in-vivo root development has to take place before actual plant growth may start.
The present invention aims at improving the root system of an in-vitro propagated plant so as to accelerate the habituation of the plant to in-vivo circumstances and also to accelerate the initiation of the growing process.
According to the invention this aim is achieved in that the plant to be rooted is put into a spongy artificial substrate which is impregnated or soaked with the rooting medium in liquid form and is enclosed within the integument.
It has been found that in this manner the root-hair forming is considerably improved, due to which the plantlet obtained by in-vitro propagation will be more resistant to the transfer to (the first stage) of the in-vivo growing conditions, while more specifically the initial growth is substantially improved.
It is to be noted that it has been known per se to grow plants--under in-vivo conditions--on artificial substrates e.g. of rock wool. These cases, however, relate to the (further) growing of plants which have already obtained a root system. More specifically U.S. Pat. No. 4,189,868 teaches to position a plant with its root system within a supporting block of moisture absorbing material and to enclose the block-plant assembly within an integument. Also in this case the plant has already obtained its root system before positioning in the artificial substrate.
In principle a plurality of artificial substrate with plantlets to be rooted positioned therein could be enclosed within one integument.
Preferably, however, each artificial substrate with a plantlet to be rooted placed therein, is enclosed in a separate cellule formed of a semi-permeable membrane.
Placing the artificial substrates with the plantlets into individual cellules not only avoids affection of the individual plantlets by micro-organisms from the ambient environment, but also avoids the danger of mutual infection of the plantlets.
The semi-permeability of the membrane material allows the exchange of oxygen, carbon dioxide and vapour with the ambient atmosphere.
It has been found that the method of the invention permits the photo synthesis, which is characteristic for the natural in-vivo process, to be initiated in the in-vitro stage already. This also stimulates the forming of cuticle on the leaf. As a result of this the habituation of the roote
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Chilcot Jr. Richard E.
Downs Joanne C.
PermX b.v.
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