Agargel™ is a proprietary blend of agar and phytagel. Phytagel is intended for use in place of agar and other gelling agents for plant tissue culture. Phytagel has been shown to be a superior substitute for tissue-culture-grade agar in the micropropagation of banana plantlets. The typical working concentration is 3.5-5.0 g/L.
Application
Agargel™ has been used:
as a gelling agent for the solidification of B5 medium to study the effect of the gelling agent at different concentrations on the maturation of avocado somatic embryos[1]
as a component of the Murashige and Skoog basal medium (BM) to culture terminal and auxiliary buds from V. jatamansi[2]
for the solidification of the hydroponic solution to grow Arabidopsis thaliana[3]
Other Notes
A proprietary blend of agar and Phytagel™
Legal Information
Agargel is a trademark of Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC
Phytagel is a trademark of Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC
Storage Class Code
11 - Combustible Solids
WGK
WGK 2
Flash Point(F)
Not applicable
Flash Point(C)
Not applicable
Regulatory Listings
Regulatory Listings are mainly provided for chemical products. Only limited information can be provided here for non-chemical products. No entry means none of the components are listed. It is the user’s obligation to ensure the safe and legal use of the product.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR, 9(1), 416-424 (2010-03-24)
Agar is the most commonly used gelling agent in media for plant tissue culture. Because of the high price of tissue-culture-grade agar, attempts have been made to identify suitable alternatives. The type of culture vessel and lid also affects the
Biocell : official journal of the Sociedades Latinoamericanas de Microscopia Electronica ... et. al, 28(1), 13-20 (2004-06-05)
An efficient clonal propagation procedure for six rice varieties cultivated in Argentina was developed by using shoot tip cultures, and the genetic stability of the micropropagated plants was verified by isozyme analysis. One week old seedlings obtained on MS medium
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