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- Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 07:12:10 -0800 (PST)
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In response to your question on roots from leaves, the
answer is yes. This is a very common process for those
of us who deal with in vitro micropropagation or
tissue culture. I must however qualify my response by
saying that many plants are easily propagated by
traditional methods and therefore the need for someone
to develop specific protocols for tissue culture of
these plants have not been developed. Also the most
commonly used plant parts for such processes are the
axillary buds and the shoot meristems as the results
are better for these than would be in the case of
leaves. The proceedure you describe for African
violets
is in fact a form of tissue culture even though it is
done with a different form of media than we typically
use, and without the sterile conditions, antibiotics,
hormones, and other additives. If you will e-mail me
at
botresearch@yahoo.com I will send you the e-mail
address of a good contact along with a website for
those interested in doing tissue culture at home.
I would also be happy to describe our research which
involves the Lamiaceae or mint family of plants.
Regards,
J.N.Covanes
Botresearch USA
www.botresearch .com
--- Charles Dills <cdills@charter.net> wrote:
> >Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 18:20:44 EST
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> >Can roots grow from a plants leaves? Please answer
> back tomorrow. Can you give
> >me a web site to look at? Thank you
>
> +++++-----------------
> Frank is a very busy commercial grower so he
> forwards
> questions like this to me and I try to find the
> answers.
> I know that certain plants can be propagated from
> the leaves,
> for instance, African Violets. I don't think there
> is any general
> rule about what plants will and which won't. In the
> African Violet
> case, you can take a leaf, cut a vein and place the
> cut in contact
> with moist soil and it will root. Many succulents
> grow from their
> leaves.
> I'm going to put your questions and address on a
> Mediterranean list that I think has experts which
> can help you.
>
> OK, mediteers! can you help this person?
> ---Chas---
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