FNLite Salt Formulation

Per liter of medium:

  • Macro Salts: A 10x stock solution may be made of the following 4 ingredients:
    1. (NH4)2SO4 – 463 mg
    2. KNO3 – 2830 mg
    3. MgSO4·7H2O – 370 mg
    4. KH2PO4 – 185 mg
  • Ca is reduced from the standard 2.99 mM in MS and FN media to 2.04 mM [= 300 mg/L]
  • Iron as per Murashige & Skoog

For more information, see:

Samoylov, V.M., D.M. Tucker, and W.A. Parrott. 1998. Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] embryogenic cultures: the role of sucrose and total nitrogen content on proliferation. In Vitro Cell Dev.Biol.- Plant 34:8-13.