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Inducing Orthotropic Shoots in Coffee with the Morphactin Chlorflurenolmethylester

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

W. P. C. Stemmer ,
J. C. J. Van Adrichem  and
F. A. Roorda
W. P. C. Stemmer
Affiliation:
Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J. C. J. Van Adrichem
Affiliation:
Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
F. A. Roorda
Affiliation:
Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Summary

The auxin-transport-inhibiting morphactin chlorflurenolmethylester (CFM; Methyl 2-chloro-9-hydroxyfluorene-9-carboxylate) breaks the dormancy of axillary buds in young coffee plants and produces orthotropic shoots. A concentration of CFM as low as 50 mg/litre induced an average of 24 orthotropic shoots per 6-month-old seedling. This approach could provide a fast and inexpensive method of vegetative propagation for raising disease-resistant cultivars if adult clones respond similarly to the seedlings used here and the treatment does not adversely affect the propagation of induced shoots.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , January 1982 , pp. 29 - 35
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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