Culture and o-Hydroxycinnamic Acid Content of Excised Melilotus Roots

Authors

Larry G. Williams, California Institute of Technology
Francis A. Haskins, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Herman J. Gorz, United States Department of Agriculture

Date of this Version

5-1964

Comments

Published in Crop Science (May-June 1964), v. 4, no. 3: 262-264.

Abstract

Excised roots of biennial sweetclover were successfully cultured through repeated transfers on a modified White's medium solidified with agar. Roots also grew well in shaker-agitated liquid cultures over the pH range 4.5 to 7.0. Exposure of the cultures to bright illumination resulted in submaximal growth. No net synthesis of o-hydroxycinnamic acid was observed in the cultured roots.