Sugar Accumulation by in vitro Cultured Juice Vesicles of Satsuma Mandarin.

Accession number;00A0234052
Title;Sugar Accumulation by in vitro Cultured Juice Vesicles of Satsuma Mandarin.
Author; MUKAI H (Shizuoka Univ., Shizuoka) TAKAGI T (Shizuoka Univ., Shizuoka) HARADA H (Shizuoka Univ., Shizuoka) MURAI Y (Shizuoka Univ., Shizuoka)
Journal Title;Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science
Journal Code:F0626A
ISSN:0013-7626
VOL.69;NO.1;PAGE.57-59(2000)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.1, TBL.2, REF.6
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;English
Abstract;Juice vesicles explants including some mesocarp tissue excised from young satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu Marc. cv. Miyagawa wase) fruit, were cultured in vitro on MS solid medium supplemented with 1mg/L BA and 5 or 10% sucrose under dark conditions at 25.DEG.C.. The juice vesicles grew expansively and turned orange. The juice vesicles accumulated sugar when cultured on the medium supplemented with 10% sucrose and incubated for two months. Sugar composition in the cultured juice vesicles differed from that of fruit grown in the field. The in vitro culture of juice vesicles may aid in elucidating the mechanism of sugar accumulation and other compounds in Citrus fruit. (author abst.)
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