A Simple but Effective Combination of pH Indicators for Plant Tissue Culture

The use of pH indicators provides a simple, semi-quantitative visual method for quickly assessing pH changes in tissue culture media; however, pH indicators are rarely used in routine plant tissue culture media. In this study, chlorophenol red, bromocresol purple, and bromocresol green were tested t...

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Main Authors: Funnekotter, Bryn, Mancera, Ricardo, Bunn, E.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI 2023
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Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP210200907
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/96292
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Mancera, Ricardo
Bunn, E.
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Mancera, Ricardo
Bunn, E.
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description The use of pH indicators provides a simple, semi-quantitative visual method for quickly assessing pH changes in tissue culture media; however, pH indicators are rarely used in routine plant tissue culture media. In this study, chlorophenol red, bromocresol purple, and bromocresol green were tested to assess their functionality in the growth medium for plant shoot cultures. In addition, a combination of bromocresol green and bromocresol purple was tested to determine if they would widen the observable colour change to better assess pH changes in the medium. Varying the ratio of bromocresol green to bromocresol purple alters the pH at which the colour changes from blue to green to yellow, with a 1:3 ratio providing a useful pH range of 5–6.5, while a 1:1 ratio provides a useful pH range of 4.5–6. All the pH indicators showed no toxic side effects for the plant species tested in this study and were able to be autoclaved to ensure media sterility. The addition of these pH indicators to quickly assess media pH in large tissue culture collections can aid in routine maintenance. These pH indicators can be used as a ‘traffic light’ system, with blue indicating a high pH, green a normal pH, and yellow a low pH in the media.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-962922024-11-19T00:50:40Z A Simple but Effective Combination of pH Indicators for Plant Tissue Culture Funnekotter, Bryn Mancera, Ricardo Bunn, E. Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Plant Sciences bromocresol green bromocresol purple chlorophenol red cell culture in vitro culture GROWTH PROTOPLASTS NICOTIANA SELECTION bromocresol green bromocresol purple cell culture chlorophenol red in vitro culture The use of pH indicators provides a simple, semi-quantitative visual method for quickly assessing pH changes in tissue culture media; however, pH indicators are rarely used in routine plant tissue culture media. In this study, chlorophenol red, bromocresol purple, and bromocresol green were tested to assess their functionality in the growth medium for plant shoot cultures. In addition, a combination of bromocresol green and bromocresol purple was tested to determine if they would widen the observable colour change to better assess pH changes in the medium. Varying the ratio of bromocresol green to bromocresol purple alters the pH at which the colour changes from blue to green to yellow, with a 1:3 ratio providing a useful pH range of 5–6.5, while a 1:1 ratio provides a useful pH range of 4.5–6. All the pH indicators showed no toxic side effects for the plant species tested in this study and were able to be autoclaved to ensure media sterility. The addition of these pH indicators to quickly assess media pH in large tissue culture collections can aid in routine maintenance. These pH indicators can be used as a ‘traffic light’ system, with blue indicating a high pH, green a normal pH, and yellow a low pH in the media. 2023 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/96292 10.3390/plants12040740 English http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP210200907 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ MDPI fulltext
spellingShingle Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Plant Sciences
bromocresol green
bromocresol purple
chlorophenol red
cell culture
in vitro culture
GROWTH
PROTOPLASTS
NICOTIANA
SELECTION
bromocresol green
bromocresol purple
cell culture
chlorophenol red
in vitro culture
Funnekotter, Bryn
Mancera, Ricardo
Bunn, E.
A Simple but Effective Combination of pH Indicators for Plant Tissue Culture
title A Simple but Effective Combination of pH Indicators for Plant Tissue Culture
title_full A Simple but Effective Combination of pH Indicators for Plant Tissue Culture
title_fullStr A Simple but Effective Combination of pH Indicators for Plant Tissue Culture
title_full_unstemmed A Simple but Effective Combination of pH Indicators for Plant Tissue Culture
title_short A Simple but Effective Combination of pH Indicators for Plant Tissue Culture
title_sort simple but effective combination of ph indicators for plant tissue culture
topic Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Plant Sciences
bromocresol green
bromocresol purple
chlorophenol red
cell culture
in vitro culture
GROWTH
PROTOPLASTS
NICOTIANA
SELECTION
bromocresol green
bromocresol purple
cell culture
chlorophenol red
in vitro culture
url http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP210200907
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/96292