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Adventitious root primordia formation and development in stem nodes of 'Georgia Jet' sweetpotato, Ipomoea batatas

Jun Ma¹, Roni Aloni², Arthur Villordon³

¹Institute of Plant Sciences, The Volcani Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Bet Dagan 50250 Israel College of Landscape Architecture of Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611100, China.

American Journal of Botany

|July 23, 2015

Abstract

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Premise Of The Study:

Yield in sweetpotato is determined by the number of storage roots produced per plant. Storage roots develop from adventitious roots (ARs) present in stem cuttings that serve as propagation material. Data on the origin of sweetpotato ARs and the effect of nodal position on AR establishment and further development are limited.•

Methods:

We anatomically described root primordium initiation using stem sections and measured number of root primordia formed at different nodal positions using light microscopy and correlated nodal positions with AR number and length 14 d after planting (DAP).•

Key Results:

Primordia for ARs initiate at the junction of the stem pith ray and the cambium, on both sides of the leaf gap, and they are well developed before emerging from the stem. The number of ARs that develop from isolated stem nodes 14 DAP corresponded to the number of AR primordia detected inside the stem. The total length of established roots at nodes 9-13 from the apex is about 2-fold longer than at nodes 5-8.•

Conclusions:

Nodal position (age) has a significant effect on the developmental status and number of root primordia inside the stem, determining the number and length of ARs that have developed by 14 DAP. Adventitious roots originating from nodes 9-13 possess similar AR systems and develop better than those originating from younger nodes 3-8. The mechanism regulating AR initiation in nodes is discussed. This system can serve for studying the effect of environmental conditions on AR initiation, development, and capacity to form storage roots.

Keywords:

Convolvulaceae Ipomoea batatas adventitious root adventitious root primordia nodal position storage roots sweetpotato

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