Rapid in vitro selection of salt-tolerant genotypes of the potentially medicinal plant Centaurium maritimum L. Fritsch
2009
Misic, D. | Siler, B. | Filipovic, B. | Popovic, Z. | Zivkovic, S., Institute for Biological Research Sinisa Stankovic, Belgrade (Serbia) | Cvetic, T., University of Belgrade, Belgrade (Serbia). Faculty of Biology, Institute of Botany | Mijovic, A., Ministry of Science and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Serbia,Belgrade (Serbia)
We investigated differences of salinity tolerance between salt-tolerant (ST) and salt-sensitive (SS) genotypes of yellow centaury (Centaurium maritimum) selected during the germination phase. The ability of in vitro cultured C. maritimum to complete the whole ontogenetic cycle inless than 6 months enabled as to determine salinity tolerance during different growth phases. Based on the physiological attributes measured in this study (growth, morphogenesis, photosynthesis, flowering, seed germination), it can be concluded that C. maritimum genotypes differering in salinity tolerance showed a variable response to elevated salt concentrations during both the vegetative and the generative growth phase.
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