Effect of Phenological Growth Stage on Establishment of In-vitro Cultures of Bael (<i>Aegle marmelos</i> (L.) Corr.)
Bael (Aegle marmelos (L.) Corr.) is a medicinal fruit tree species belongs to the family Rutaceae grown in South Asian countries including India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. It is an underutilized fruit species in Sri Lanka, although it has food as well as medicinal value with a good economic potentia...
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| author | C. K. Pathirana A. M. U. R. K. Attanayake D. M. U. S. K. Dissanayake J. G. K. L. Gamlath K. W. Ketipearachchi T. Madhujith P. C. G. Bandaranayake J. P. Eeswara |
| author_facet | C. K. Pathirana A. M. U. R. K. Attanayake D. M. U. S. K. Dissanayake J. G. K. L. Gamlath K. W. Ketipearachchi T. Madhujith P. C. G. Bandaranayake J. P. Eeswara |
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| description | Bael (Aegle marmelos (L.) Corr.) is a medicinal fruit tree species belongs to the family Rutaceae grown in South Asian countries including India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. It is an underutilized fruit species in Sri Lanka, although it has food as well as medicinal value with a good economic potential. Popularizing bael as a profitable cash crop is often hindered by the limited availability of high quality planting material. In Sri Lanka, five elite bael accessions namely Beheth Beli, Paragammana, Mawanella, Rambukkana and Polonnaruwa Supun have been identified and used for mass propagation through budding and grafting. But this effort is often hampered by many limitations faced in large scale production. Micropropagation is an alternative technique to produce clonal plants in large scale. However, the complex phenological behaviour of the bael trees could affect its success. Therefore, the present study was undertaken to identify the correct phenological stage of bael trees to collect explants for the micropropagation. Leaves and twig explants were collected for micropropagation from five elite bael accessions during the period of July, 2016 to June, 2017 on monthly basis to capture the best phenological stage. The Beheth Beli tree and grafted plants of other four accessions were established at the Fruit Crop Research and Development Institute, Department of Agriculture, Sri Lanka. The surface sterilized explants were established on Murashige and Skoog medium supplemented with 1 mg/L of 6-Benzylaminopurine, 3% sucrose, solidified with phytogel. A successful organogenesis was only observed in explants collected in the months of April, May and June (39 to 68 %) where there was no significant difference in success was observed between the leaf and twig explants (P>0.05). However, grafted bael accessions exhibited a significantly different mean success percentage in organogenesis where Paragammana and Rambukkana accessions showed a high success for leaf explants and Mawanella and Rambukkana accessions showed a high success for twig explants. These results could be readily employed to multiply the elite bael accessions in Sri Lanka. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f1e86263287046718bde30df33e8612f2022-12-21T22:27:38ZengPostgraduate Institute of Agriculture, University of PeradeniyaTropical Agricultural Research1016-14222018-06-0129310.4038/tar.v29i3.82666169Effect of Phenological Growth Stage on Establishment of In-vitro Cultures of Bael (<i>Aegle marmelos</i> (L.) Corr.)C. K. Pathirana0A. M. U. R. K. Attanayake1D. M. U. S. K. Dissanayake2J. G. K. L. Gamlath3K. W. Ketipearachchi4T. Madhujith5P. C. G. Bandaranayake6J. P. Eeswara7University of PeradeniyaUniversity of PeradeniyaUniversity of PeradeniyaFruit Crop Research & Development Institute, Gannoruwa, PeradeniyaFruit Crop Research & Development Institute, Gannoruwa, PeradeniyaUniversity of PeradeniyaUniversity of PeradeniyaUniversity of PeradeniyaBael (Aegle marmelos (L.) Corr.) is a medicinal fruit tree species belongs to the family Rutaceae grown in South Asian countries including India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. It is an underutilized fruit species in Sri Lanka, although it has food as well as medicinal value with a good economic potential. Popularizing bael as a profitable cash crop is often hindered by the limited availability of high quality planting material. In Sri Lanka, five elite bael accessions namely Beheth Beli, Paragammana, Mawanella, Rambukkana and Polonnaruwa Supun have been identified and used for mass propagation through budding and grafting. But this effort is often hampered by many limitations faced in large scale production. Micropropagation is an alternative technique to produce clonal plants in large scale. However, the complex phenological behaviour of the bael trees could affect its success. Therefore, the present study was undertaken to identify the correct phenological stage of bael trees to collect explants for the micropropagation. Leaves and twig explants were collected for micropropagation from five elite bael accessions during the period of July, 2016 to June, 2017 on monthly basis to capture the best phenological stage. The Beheth Beli tree and grafted plants of other four accessions were established at the Fruit Crop Research and Development Institute, Department of Agriculture, Sri Lanka. The surface sterilized explants were established on Murashige and Skoog medium supplemented with 1 mg/L of 6-Benzylaminopurine, 3% sucrose, solidified with phytogel. A successful organogenesis was only observed in explants collected in the months of April, May and June (39 to 68 %) where there was no significant difference in success was observed between the leaf and twig explants (P>0.05). However, grafted bael accessions exhibited a significantly different mean success percentage in organogenesis where Paragammana and Rambukkana accessions showed a high success for leaf explants and Mawanella and Rambukkana accessions showed a high success for twig explants. These results could be readily employed to multiply the elite bael accessions in Sri Lanka.https://tar.sljol.info/articles/8266bael, clonal propagation, explants, phenology, rapid multiplication, tissue culture |
| spellingShingle | C. K. Pathirana A. M. U. R. K. Attanayake D. M. U. S. K. Dissanayake J. G. K. L. Gamlath K. W. Ketipearachchi T. Madhujith P. C. G. Bandaranayake J. P. Eeswara Effect of Phenological Growth Stage on Establishment of In-vitro Cultures of Bael (<i>Aegle marmelos</i> (L.) Corr.) Tropical Agricultural Research bael, clonal propagation, explants, phenology, rapid multiplication, tissue culture |
| title | Effect of Phenological Growth Stage on Establishment of In-vitro Cultures of Bael (<i>Aegle marmelos</i> (L.) Corr.) |
| title_full | Effect of Phenological Growth Stage on Establishment of In-vitro Cultures of Bael (<i>Aegle marmelos</i> (L.) Corr.) |
| title_fullStr | Effect of Phenological Growth Stage on Establishment of In-vitro Cultures of Bael (<i>Aegle marmelos</i> (L.) Corr.) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of Phenological Growth Stage on Establishment of In-vitro Cultures of Bael (<i>Aegle marmelos</i> (L.) Corr.) |
| title_short | Effect of Phenological Growth Stage on Establishment of In-vitro Cultures of Bael (<i>Aegle marmelos</i> (L.) Corr.) |
| title_sort | effect of phenological growth stage on establishment of in vitro cultures of bael i aegle marmelos i l corr |
| topic | bael, clonal propagation, explants, phenology, rapid multiplication, tissue culture |
| url | https://tar.sljol.info/articles/8266 |
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