Author/Authors :
Leng Siew، Wee نويسنده Department of Life Sciences, School of Applied and Health Sciences, Institute of Technical Education,Singapore. , , Yun Kwok، Mei نويسنده Department of Life Sciences, School of Applied and Health Sciences, Institute of Technical Education,Singapore. , , Mei Ong، Yong نويسنده Department of Life Sciences, School of Applied and Health Sciences, Institute of Technical Education,Singapore. , , Ping Liew، Hui نويسنده Department of Life Sciences, School of Applied and Health Sciences, Institute of Technical Education,Singapore. , , Keat Yew، Boon نويسنده Department of Life Sciences, School of Applied and Health Sciences, Institute of Technical Education,Singapore. ,
Abstract :
The synthetic seed technology is becoming popular due to its wide
application in germplasm conservation and for exchanges between countries in
the floriculture trade. In this study, this method was used to study the germination
and conversion capabilities of orchid species Dendrobium White Fairy when
stored at different storage times and with different storage containers. A high
germination percentage of 80% was observed for encapsulated synthetic seeds
up to 150 days of storage in Petri dishes and screw capped polypropylene tubes
and this percentage only began to decline gradually from 150 storage days and
more. Besides that, synthetic seeds stored in polypropylene tubes were shown
to germinate faster and develop into plantlets with longer shoots and roots as
compared to those stored in the Petri dishes. This proved the efficiency and
suitability of polypropylene tubes over Petri dishes as storage containers.
