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. 1978 May;61(5):855–857. doi: 10.1104/pp.61.5.855

Effect of Triacontanol on Plant Cell Cultures in Vitro 1

Roger Hangarter 1, Stanley K Ries 1, Peter Carlson 2
PMCID: PMC1091993  PMID: 16660401

Abstract

Triacontanol [CH3(CH2)28CH2OH] increased growth in vitro of cell cultures of haploid tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum). The fresh weight of cell cultures of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum), potato (Solanum tuberosum), bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), and barley (Hordeum vulgare x H. jubatum) was also increased. The increase in growth of tobacco callus seems to have been due to an increase in cell number. Another long chain alcohol, octocosanol [CH3(CH2)26CH2OH], did not increase the growth of tobacco cell cultures.

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