The study aimed to confirm transformation, morphology, steroid alkaloidal TLC pattern and growth rate of hairy roots. The Solanum nigrum plantlets were inoculated with Agrobacterium rhixogenes strain 15834. Hairy roots were induced by plasmid. Agropin...
The study aimed to confirm transformation, morphology, steroid alkaloidal TLC pattern and growth rate of hairy roots. The Solanum nigrum plantlets were inoculated with Agrobacterium rhixogenes strain 15834. Hairy roots were induced by plasmid. Agropine and mannopine were detected in the hairy roots. The organization of hairy roots on the transectional morphology was undifferentiated. Culture on the medium containing hormone(IBA 2, kinetin 0.1 ㎎/ℓ) altered hairy roots into callus. The growth rate of hairy roots on the NN30 liquid medium was 52 times heavier than in the original state and this was higher than on the other media. The results of TLC analysis indicated that the hairy roots produced steroidal alkaloids resembling those of normal roots.