Kinetin ((6-furfurylaminopurine) is a cytokinin routinely used to stimulate cell division in plant tissue culture. Kinetin is soluble in methanol or DMSO.
| Molecular Formula | C10H9N5O |
| Plant Biology Applications | Kinetin is often used to direct cell differentiation of callus cells in tissue culture using an appropriate cytokinin:auxin ratio. Kinetin has shown to increase callus cell growth in rice when grown with sucrose and 2,4-D concentrations (Al-Kayri,1996). |
| References | Dagla H.R. Plant Tissue Culture, Historical Developments and Applied Aspects. Resonance, 2012 Gaspar, Kevers C., Penel C., Greppin H., Reid D.M. and Thorpe T.A. Plant hormones and plant growth regulators in plant tissue culture. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology, 1996 Al-Khayri J.M., Shamblin C.E., McNew R.W., and Aanderson E.J. Callus induction and plant regeneration of U.S. rice genotypes as affected by medium constituents. In Vitro Cell. Dev. Biol.-Plant 32:227-232, 1996 |
