Agar

Agar is majorly used as microbial solid culture media.
It is used in the range of 0.5 to 1.0% (w/v) to solidify plant tissue culture media. It is essential for in vitro root development.

Details

Category:
Gelling Agent

Manufacture:
Sigma Aldrich

Specification

form	powder
application(s)	cell culture \| plant: suitable
Featured Industry	Agriculture

Catalog no.

A9799	High gel strength, plant cell culture tested
A8678	Agar, plant cell culture tested
A7921	Agar, plant cell culture tested, powder
A3301	Agargel™, suitable for plant cell culture, powder
A0682	Alginic acid sodium salt from brown algae BioReagent, plant cell culture tested, low viscosity, powder
G1910	Gelzan™ CM, Gelrite®
A1296	Microbiology tested, plant cell culture tested, cell culture tested, powder
P8169	Phytagel™, BioReagent, plant cell culture tested, powder

Resources

Brochure
CoA
SDS

Application note

Agar has been used as a component

of Gamborg′s B5 regeneration medium
of Murashige and skoog (MS) medium for the germination of Hypericum triquetrifolium Turra seeds
in shoot inducing and naphthalene acetic acid pretreatment medium for the regeneration of Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings

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