Re: 6-benzylamino purine (question)

From: Scott Hyndman hyndman at aroid.org> on 2001.05.23 at 15:13:49(6541) Marc, In addition to the good information that Bernhard Strolka gave us on BA use, especially the in vitro application, BA was used commercially by aroid foliage plant liner producers back in the early 90s to promote axillary shoot (sucker) growth to get a more full liner. The hormone was very inexpensive then and gave fairly good results. Jake Henny of the University of Florida, Mid Florida Research and Education Center, did much of the research on this application. If you are specifically interested in stimulating seed germination, you will want to investigate the use of gibberellic acid (GA). GA3 is usually commercially available, and it is usually inexpensive. There is some information on the Web at http://koning.ecsu.ctstateu.edu/Plants_human/seedgerm.html and at http://www.crfg.org/tidbits/gibberellic.html. Another research area that Jake Henny has worked on is the use of GA in stimulating the flowering of aroids, an important technique useful in hybridizing. Regards, Scott +More --------------------- Mr. Scott Hyndman International Aroid Society Web Site Vero Beach, Florida, USA USDA Hardiness Zone 10a E-mail: hyndman@aroid.org on 5/22/01 3:57 PM, mburack@mindspring.com at mburack@mindspring.com wrote: > > Has anyone ever used 6-BA to stimulate seed germination? > > If so, please let me some details. It can be purchased in a powder form, so > info on dilution, frequency, use etc.. would be very helpful.. > > (someone on the list-serv must be familiar with this??) > > Thanks in advance > > Marc Burack

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