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Agargel

suitable for plant cell culture, powder

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UNSPSC Code:
10171502
eCl@ss:
42040102
NACRES:
NA.72

form

powder

Quality Level

technique(s)

cell culture | plant: suitable

application(s)

agriculture

General description

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
  • as a component of the Murashige and Skoog basal medium (BM) to culture terminal and auxiliary buds from V. jatamansi
  • for the solidification of the hydroponic solution to grow Arabidopsis thaliana

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


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Water relations in culture media influence maturation of avocado somatic embryos
Belen M, et al.
Journal of Plant Physiology (2011)
Shoot organogenesis and somatic embryogenesis from leaf explants of Valeriana jatamansi Jones
Chen R, et al.
Scientia Marina, 165, 392-397 (2014)
Ethylene Response Factor109 Attunes Immunity, Photosynthesis, and Iron Homeostasis in Arabidopsis Leave
Chiu L Y, et al.
Frontiers in Plant Science (2022)
R Medina et al.
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
Y A Kaçar et al.
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

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