Collected meristems

Collection period

Result¹

Root primordia

Immediately after presoaking

−

Radicles from seeds germinated in Petri dishes

1 day after sowing

−

2 days after sowing

+

3 days after sowing

+

4 days after sowing

+

Radicles from adult plants

Vegetative phase

60 days after sowing (before flowering)

+

Reproductive phase

90 days after sowing (after emergence of the first flower bud)

+