Preliminary Experiment on the Cultivation of Baeria Chrysostoma Under Sterile Conditions

Loo, Shih-Wei

doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1946.tb10388.x

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“…Loo did not do that (auxins were not in wide use at the time and cytokinins were discovered only in 1955), but he concluded that explants require sugar for growth in vitro. Loo also cultured Baeria chrysostoma (Asteraceae) and obtained flowering in vitro (Loo 1946c). …”

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History of orchid propagation: a mirror of the history of biotechnology

Yam

Arditti

2009

Plant Biotechnol Rep

113

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Orchid seeds are nearly microscopic in size. Because of that, many fanciful theories were proposed for the origin of orchids. Almost 400 years separate the time when orchid seeds were seen for the first time and the development of a practical asymbiotic method for their germination. The seeds were first observed and drawn during the sixteenth century. Seedlings were first described and illustrated in 1804. The association between orchid and fungi was observed as early as 1824, while the requirement for mycorrhiza for seed germination was established in 1899. An asymbiotic method for orchid seed germination was developed in 1921. After Knudson's media B and C were formulated, orchids growing and hybridization became widespread. Hybrids which early growers may not have even imagined became possible.

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Section: Shoot Tip Culturesmentioning

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History of orchid propagation: a mirror of the history of biotechnology

Yam

Arditti

2009

Plant Biotechnol Rep

113

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“…For very small seeds and seedlings, the filter paper cone support described by Audus (1) might advantageously be substituted even for the small (3 mm) glass beads. If the plant is to be introduced into the culture chamber as a seed rather than as a seedling, the seed could be inserted into the culture tube with less risk of contamination if dropped through the hole of a rubber stopper closing the top of a glass cylinder of the type used by Loo (13), than if the entire tube must be detached to permit insertion of the seed as is done here. However, the stopper at the top of the tube would reduce the effectiveness of overhead lighting.…”

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