Elicitation of anthocyanin production in cell cultures of carrot (Daucus carota L.) by using elicitors and abiotic stress.

Suvarnalatha, G. and Rajendran, L. and Ravishankar, G. A. and Venkataraman, L. V. (1994) Elicitation of anthocyanin production in cell cultures of carrot (Daucus carota L.) by using elicitors and abiotic stress. Biotechnology Letters, 16 (12). 1275-1280, 23 ref..

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Abstract

An anthocyanin-producing cell callus culture of carrot (Daucus carota) was subjected to elicitors and various abiotic stresses in an attempt to improve pigment synthesis. Elicitors tested included culture filtrates and cell extracts from 4 yeasts and 4 bacteria. Abiotic stress was induced using salts of metal ions. Increases in pigment formation of 100, 72, 49, 45, and 41% were induced after treatment with cell extracts of Rhodotorula rubra, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus cereus, Escherichia coli, and Staphylococcus aureus, respectively. Salts of calcium, manganese, zinc, cobalt, iron and vanadium all enhanced pigment production. Calcium salts were the most effective of all the salts tested; pigment levels increased by approx. 100% compared to a level of 16 mg/100 mg dry. wt. in control cells.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	ANTHOCYANINS-; AROMATIC-COMPOUNDS; BIOTECHNOLOGY-; CARROTS-; CELL-CULTURE; FERMENTATION-PRODUCTS; PIGMENTS-; PLANTS-; CALLUS-CULTURE
Subjects:	500 Natural Sciences and Mathematics > 10 Plants > 05 Tissue Culture 600 Technology > 08 Food technology > 23 Vegetables > 04 Carrot
Divisions:	Plant Cell Biotechnology
Depositing User:	Food Sci. & Technol. Information Services
Date Deposited:	30 Apr 2012 04:00
Last Modified:	30 Apr 2012 04:00
URI:	http://ir.cftri.res.in/id/eprint/7900

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