Production of Stilbenes in Callus Cultures of the Maltese Indigenous Grapevine Variety, Gellewza.

ABSTRACT: The production of secondary metabolites in tissue culture has been considered as an alternative to the cultivation and harvesting of crops intended for this purpose. The present study was aimed at the growth of callus and production of polyphenolic compound of callus derived from a Maltese indigenous grapevine variety, Ġellewża. Callus was inoculated onto plant growth regulators-enriched Murashige Skoog media (MSm) to determine whether polyphenols are produced in vitro as well as to determine the best combination of plant growth regulators needed for the production of these metabolites. From results obtained, it was observed that the best callus production was obtained by auxin-enriched MSm. In fact, indole acetic acid and indole acetic acid /6-benzyl aminopurine enhanced biomass accumulat

SUBMITTER: Bonello M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6600261 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature