Hairy root cultures of Anethum graveolens (dill): establishment, growth, time-course study of their essential oil and its comparison with parent plant oils

• Published in: Biotechnology letters 2002-06, Vol.24 (12), p.1031-1036
• Main Authors: SANTOS, Pedro A. G, FIGUEIREDO, A. Cristina, LOURENCO, Pedro M. L, BARROSO, José G, PEDRO, Luis G, OLIVEIRA, M. Margarida, SCHRIPSEMA, Jan, DEANS, Stanley G, SCHEFFER, Johannes J. C
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Biotechnology; Cell culture; Cell growth; Essential oils; Establishment of new cell lines, improvement of cultural methods, mass culture; Eukaryotic cell cultures; Flowers & plants; Fruits; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Methods. Procedures. Technologies; Oils & fats; Plant cells and fungal cells; Roots; Seedlings
• ISSN: 0141-5492; 1573-6776
• DOI: 10.1023/A:1015653701265

Transformed root cultures of Anethum graveolens were induced by inoculation of aseptically grown seedlings with Agrobacterium rhizogenes carrying plasmid pRi 1855. The main component of the essential oils from the fruits and from the roots of the parent plant was carvone, whereas α-phellandrene and apiole were dominant in the oil from, respectively, the aerial parts and the hairy roots. The essential oils from the fruits, aerial parts and roots of the parent plant were at 2%, 0.3% and 0.06% (v/w), respectively, but only 0.02% (v/w) in the hairy root cultures. Growth of the hairy root cultures reached 600 mg dry wt/50 ml medium after 50 days. The essential oil composition did not change significantly during their growth.[PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]