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Combined effects of phytohormone, indole-3-butyric acid, and methyl jasmonate on root growth and ginsenoside production in adventitious root cultures of Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer

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Indole-3-butyric acid at 25 μM with methyl jasmonate (MJ) at 100 μM in Panax ginseng synergistically stimulated both root growth and ginsenoside accumulation compared with 100 μM MJ alone. Productivity of ginsenoside was 10 mg l−1 d−1 compared to 7.3 mg l−1 d−1 with MJ elicitation alone.

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This work is financially supported by the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MOE), the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy (MOCIE) and the Ministry of Labor (MOLAB) through the fostering project of the Lab of Excellency.

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    Present address: Graduate School of Biological Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, 630-0192, Japan

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  1. Research Center for the Development of Advanced Horticultural Technology, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea

    Yun-Soo Kim, Eun-Joo Hahn & Kee-Yoeup Paek

  2. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, T2N 1N4

    Edward C. Yeung

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Kim, YS., Yeung, E.C., Hahn, EJ. et al. Combined effects of phytohormone, indole-3-butyric acid, and methyl jasmonate on root growth and ginsenoside production in adventitious root cultures of Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer. Biotechnol Lett 29, 1789–1792 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10529-007-9442-2

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