STUDIES ON THE MICROPROPAGATION OF RIBES SPECIES

H. Wainwright, A.W. Flegmann
Techniques suitable for the micropropagation of the economically important Ribes species in Britain were relatively unknown at the initiation of a study at Bath University in 1979. This review collates the successful findings of work carried out since then on the procedures and conditions required for the micropropagation by axillary bud proliferation of R. nigrum L., R. rubrum L. and R. uva - crispa L.

The use of shoot doubling times is suggested as a method of evaluating proliferation rates of shoot cultures. The influence of irradiance level on proliferating shoot clusters of blackcurrant is described together with their subsequent rooting performance. The concentration of KNO3 and NH4NO3 needed to be reduced to a third of that found in Murashige and Skoog's medium to maximise gooseberry shoot multiplication rate. The conditions for optimum proliferation of whitecurrant in culture were the same as those for blackcurrant. These findings are considered in relation to the results of other workers on the same and other Ribes species. The potential use of large scale micropropagation for the Ribes genus is also considered.

Wainwright, H. and Flegmann, A.W. (1986). STUDIES ON THE MICROPROPAGATION OF RIBES SPECIES. Acta Hortic. 183, 315-322
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1986.183.45
https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.1986.183.45

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