Vol. 77 No: 6

Title:
Inhibition of adventitious rooting in Backhousia citriodora F. Muell. cuttings correlate with the concentration of essential oil

Authors:
H. KIBBLER, C.M. WILLIAMS, R.R. WILLIAMS and M.E. JOHNSTON

pp: 705-711

Abstract:
Backhousia citriodora is typical of the many commercially valuable woody Australian Myrtaceae species that are recalcitrant in forming adventitious roots from cuttings after maturation. A series of experiments were conducted to identify an endogenous rooting inhibitor in line with established criteria. Endogenous levels of citral were correlated with the rooting capacities of juvenile versus mature, and easy- versus difficult-to-root genotypes of B. citriodora, in both winter and summer. The biological activity of citral was confirmed in bioassays on mung beans and easy-to-root B. citriodora seedlings. Evidence of a common mechanism of root inhibition with other species in the Myrtaceae and the role of action of citral are discussed.

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