Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture (한국환경농학회지)

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Optimization of in vitro seed germination of Taraxacum platycarpum

  • Lee, Jung-Hwan (Department of Biological Science, College of Natural Sciences, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Kim, Young-Kwan (Department of Biological Science, College of Natural Sciences, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Oh, Eun-Yi (Department of Biological Science, College of Natural Sciences, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Jung, Kuk-Young (Jungkukyoung Oriental Clinic) ;
  • Ko, Ki-Sung (Department of Biological Science, College of Natural Sciences, Wonkwang University)
  • Published : 2009.12.30
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Abstract

Dandelion (Taraxacum platycarpum) has been widely utilized for medicinal purposes. However, the dandelion seeds are relatively difficult to germinate under cultivation conditions, which hampers seedling propagation of dandelion plants and reduces the opportunity of usage of such a useful medicinal plant. Thus, in this study, in vitro conditions for the dandelion seed germination were optimized to enhance the germination rate. In seed washing steps, the sequential treatments with 20% of ethanol, 20% of NaOCl, and distilled water avoided microbial contamination with the highest in vitro germination rate (67.5%) from seeds sown in germination media. The media supplemented with 1.4 g/L of MS salts and 1% of sucrose significantly enhanced the germination rate compared to the media with 4.4 g/L of MS and 3% of sucrose. Sowing the seeds vertically in the optimized media supplement conditions, 1.4 g/L of MS salts and 1% of sucrose, gave the maximum in vitro germination rate (61%), which was almost three times higher than sowing seeds on a soil pot (23%). Our results indicate that the seed washing and sowing methods including germination medium supplements can be optimized to enhance in vitro seed germination of dandelion.

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