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Brassinosteroid-Driven Modulation of Stem Elongation and Apical Dominance: Applications in Micropropagation

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Brassinosteroids

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In horticulture, inhibition of shoot branching during orchards establishment is highly desired to avoid stem break by wind while increased branching during crop production usually leads to increased yields. In forestry, reduced branching significantly improves wood quality, especially for pulp production. Thus, branching control is an important component on the establishment of productivity rates for crop and forestry species. Brassinosteroids (BRs) are natural polyhydroxy steroidal lactones and ketones with phytohormone action. These plant steroids are known to stimulate stem elongation and to control apical dominance as well. Our research efforts have been focused on the use of BRs to control stem elongation and apical dominance aiming to improve crop and forestry species productivity, and yield in in vitro-based plant propagation techniques. In this chapter we describe how BRs can be used to significantly improve microprogation techniques, more especifically for the marubakaido apple rootstock.

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Pereira-Netto, A.B., Schaefer, S., Galagovsky, L.R., Ramirez, J.A. (2003). Brassinosteroid-Driven Modulation of Stem Elongation and Apical Dominance: Applications in Micropropagation. In: Hayat, S., Ahmad, A. (eds) Brassinosteroids. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0948-4_6

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