• Culture of triploid tissue from the endosperm of an endangered Chilean tree species Gomortega keule 

    Muñoz-Concha, Diego (2016)
    The endangered Chilean tree species Gomortega keule (Mol.) Baillon produces an edible fruit, but is not cultivated at present. Recent advances in micropropagation may allow the further development of this species as a fruit ...

  • In vitro culture of Luma chequen from vegetative buds 

    Mancilla, Héctor; Quiroz, Karla ORCID; Arencibia-Rodríguez, Ariel; Carrasco, Basilio; García-González, Rolando (2013)
    Luma chequen, a small tree or large shrub belonging to the Myrtaceae family, is endemic to South America and has medicinal, nutritional and ornamental potential. However, its native habitat is deteriorating gradually, and ...

  • Light quality in plant tissue culture: does it matter? 

    Silva Batista, Diego; Sousa Felipe, Sergio Heitor; Dulcineia Silva, Tatiane; Motta de Castro, Kamila; Mamedes-Rodrigues, Talita Cristina; Amaral Miranda, Natane; Ríos-Ríos, Anyela Marcela; Vidal Faria, Daniele; Alexandre Fortini, Evandro; Chagas, Kristhiano; Torres-Silva, Gabriela; Xavier, Aloisio; Arencibia-Rodríguez, Ariel; Campos Otoni, Wagner (2018)
    The primary issues regarding the lack of protocol reproducibility among laboratories are environmental factors. Light (quantity and particularly quality), is one of those main factors, and studies seldom present the spectral ...

  • Regeneration of highland papaya (Vasconcellea pubescens) from anther culture 

    Chong-Pérez, Borys; Carrasco, Basilio; Silva, Herman; Herrera, Francisca; Quiroz, Karla ORCID; García-González, Rolando (2018)
    PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Vasconcellea pubescens is an important Caricaceae species cultivated in several countries of South America. The objective of this study was to investigate different media compositions and plant growth ...

  • Somatic embryogenesis from zygotic embryos and shoot-tips of the Chilean tree Gomortega keule 

    Muñoz-Concha, Diego; Mayes, Sean; Ribas, Gracia; Davey, Michael R. (2012)
    The endangered Chilean tree Gomortega keule (Mol.) Baillon produces edible fruit, making it a potential crop. However, its cultivation from seed or cuttings is extremely difficult. This paper reports the induction of somatic ...