W0876

White′s Basal Salt Mixture

powder, suitable for plant cell culture

• NACRES: NA.72
• UNSPSC Code: 12352207

Properties

• form: powder
• Quality Segment: 200
• technique(s): cell culture | plant: suitable
• application(s): agriculture
• storage temp.: 2-8°C

Description

General description

White′s Basal Salt Mixture is widely used in plant tissue culture.

Application

White′s Basal Salt Mixture has been used:

• as a medium for the precultured spores of Prothalli of Adiantum capillus for the generation of protonemata
• to promote germination and cotton cotyledon unfolding
• as a solidified medium component for culturing A. capillus and as a component of selection medium for gametophyte selection after particle bombardment

Preparation Note

With the macro- and micronutrients as described by White (1968).

Media Formulation

Safety Information

• pictograms: GHS03,GHS08,GHS05,GHS09
• signalword: Danger
• hcodes: H272,H318,H373,H411
• pcodes: P210 - P220 - P273 - P280 - P305 + P351 + P338 - P314
• Hazard Classifications: Aquatic Chronic 2 - Eye Dam. 1 - Ox. Sol. 3 - STOT RE 2 Inhalation
• target_organs: Brain
• Storage Class: 5.1B - Oxidizing hazardous materials
• wgk: WGK 2
• flash_point_f: Not applicable
• flash_point_c: Not applicable