逆境处理和DNA甲基化影响柑橘体细胞胚发生

对 1 5种柑橘胚性愈伤组织进行体细胞胚诱导 ,发现逆境处理有利于体细胞胚发生 ,并可以恢复部分品种的体细胞胚发生能力。对具有和失去体细胞胚发生能力的两种纽荷尔脐橙 (CitrussinensisOsb .)愈伤组织进行随机扩增多态性DNA (RAPD)分析没有检测到带型的差异 ,而对它们的甲基化敏感扩增多态性 (MSAP)进行分析则发现两种愈伤组织间具有明显的DNA甲基化差异 ,具体细胞胚发生能力的愈伤组织的甲基化水平较失去体细胞胚发生能力的低     

逆境处理和DNA甲基化影响柑橘体细胞胚发生

对15种柑橘胚性愈伤组织进行体细胞胚诱导,发现逆境处理有利于体细胞胚发生,并可以恢复部分品种的体细胞胚发生能力.对具有和失去体细胞胚发生能力的两种纽荷尔脐橙( Citrus sinensis Osb.)愈伤组织进行随机扩增多态性DNA (RAPD) 分析没有检测到带型的差异,而对它们的甲基化敏感扩增多态性 (MSAP) 进行分析则发现两种愈伤组织间具有明显的DNA甲基化差异,具体细胞胚发生能力的愈伤组织的甲基化水平较失去体细胞胚发生能力的低.     

玉米胚性愈伤组织的长期继代及其染色体分析

对５种基因型幼胚诱导的愈伤组织继代培养表明,玉米胚性愈伤组织的长期继代受基因型,培养基成分,激素,培养条件的影响。适时继代,逐代筛选对胚性保持起重要作用。适当降低培养温度（１２±２℃）有利于愈伤组织的保存和胚性保持,可以减少愈伤组织长期继代所需的物质和工作量。长期继代培养的胚性愈伤组织,胚状体发生能力和植株再生率无显著变化,但正常苗的再生频率显著下降。观察愈伤组织细胞染色体发现：（１）基因型对不同倍性细胞的比例有明显影响。（２）随着继代时间的延长,二倍体细胞下降,四倍体和非二倍体细胞增多。（３）愈伤组织中出现多种染色体结构变异,这些结构变异有可能导致非整倍体细胞的形成。     

采用倍性分析仪鉴定柑橘愈伤组织的遗传变异

使用倍性分析仪,对48种培养多年不同基因型的柑橘愈伤组织的细胞NDA含量进行了测定。结果发现,除了路比葡萄柚,尾张和金诺橘等3种愈伤组织变异较小,未出现第二个峰以外,有93.8%的基因型的愈伤组织的细胞均出现了DNA含量加倍的细胞,通过DPAC分析软件分析得知,凤梨甜橙三倍体,宁波金钳,长沙橘,鲁斯脐橙,国庆4号和卡特夏橙等6愈伤组织的细胞DNA含量还出现了三倍增加及非整倍增加的现象。在待测的48种愈伤组织中,DNA含量变异细胞的百分率最大者为凤梨甜橙三倍体,达18.51%,最小者为暗柳橙,为4.70%,通过取肯氏新复极差分析得知,不同基因型的DNA含量变异细胞的百分率之间存在差异显著性,在相同继代培养基和相同继代周期的条件下,培养时期对愈伤组织变异大小影响不显著。     

外源腐胺对石刁柏愈伤组织胚性能力的影响

石刁柏胚性愈伤组织继代过程中,添加浓度为10 mg·L^-1的外源腐胺能有效地保持愈伤组织的胚胎发生能力,并减少愈伤组织的褐化,但不能提高愈伤组织的体细胞胚的诱导率.腐胺处理过的胚性愈伤组织的内源腐胺含量明显提高.这可能是外源腐胺保持细胞胚性、降低褐化程度的原因.     

柑橘愈伤组织生长速度与体细胞胚胎发生的关系

为了探讨柑橘愈伤组织不能再生的原因,试图寻找柑橘愈伤组织生长速度与其体细胞胚胎发生之间的关系,对7种柑橘类型的29种基因型的愈伤组织的生长速度进行了测定,并对愈伤组织生长速度与体细胞胚胎发生之间的相关性进行了统计分析。结果表明,柑橘愈伤组织生长速度与体细胞胚胎发生之间的相关系数为r=-0.3683。由此推断在这两者之间还存在其它影响因素。     

高粱不同类型胚性和非胚性愈伤组织的生理生化差异

植物体细胞胚胎发生过程中伴随着复杂的生理生化变化,为进一步揭示胚性愈伤组织的再生潜力,该研究以高粱Sb19未成熟胚诱导产生的两种胚性愈伤组织和一种非胚性愈伤组织为材料,通过测定各愈伤组织中可溶性蛋白、游离脯氨酸和可溶性糖的含量,采用方差分析法对高粱体细胞胚胎发生过程中不同类型愈伤组织的生理生化指标进行了差异比较研究。结果表明:(1)高粱两种胚性愈伤组织中可溶性蛋白、游离脯氨酸和可溶性糖的含量均显著高于非胚性愈伤组织,表明胚性愈伤组织中的代谢活性高于非胚性愈伤组织,能够为体细胞胚胎发生提供更多的物质能量基础。(2)两种类型胚性愈伤组织之间生理生化差异显著,其中,Ⅱ型胚性愈伤组织中可溶性蛋白和游离脯氨酸含量均显著高于Ⅰ型胚性愈伤组织,相反,Ⅱ型胚性愈伤组织中可溶性糖含量显著低于Ⅰ型胚性愈伤组织,这种生理生化差异在一定程度上影响了后期的分化。该研究结果为愈伤组织的胚胎发生能力与生化代谢的关系提供理论依据。     

伏令夏橙愈伤组织体细胞胚发生中多胺水平的变化

以继代培养8年的伏令夏橙愈伤组织为材料,研究了不同类型愈伤组织体细胞胚发生能力的差异和多胺水平的变化及两者之间的关系.结果表明,胚性愈伤组织的多胺含量高于非胚性愈伤组织,体细胞胚发生能力与多胺水平呈正相关.体细胞胚发生早期Put含量的增加有利于体细胞胚发生.球形胚大量形成时,Spd达到最高值;球形胚发育后期并有少量心形胚形成时Spm达到峰值.随着倍性的增加,伏令夏橙体细胞胚发生能力降低.精氨酸脱羧酶的活性变化与Put水平呈正相关,表明它是调节伏令夏橙体细胞胚发生中多胺水平的重要因子.     

银鹊树胚性愈伤组织继代培养过程中的细胞染色体数目变异

以银鹊树幼嫩的合子胚为外植体诱导胚性愈伤组织,胚性愈伤经增殖后转接到液体培养基中悬浮继代培养,对其多次继代培养的胚性愈伤细胞的染色体数目检测发现:多次继代培养后的胚性愈伤细胞染色体数正常的比例为48.28%(2n=30),部分细胞出现染色体数目2n=15~60的变异,其变异率高达51.72%,其中以亚二倍体变异为主(40.07%).结果表明,在体细胞胚胎诱导形成过程中,胚性愈伤组织细胞在染色体水平上发生部分变异,这可能是体胚形成过程中畸形胚产生的根本原因.     

一品红体细胞胚胎发生与植株再生

一品红不同部位愈伤组织诱导能力存在差异,嫩茎>幼花序>嫩叶。愈伤组织的长势主要受生长素的影响,细胞分裂素对愈伤组织生长有促进作用;但在含6-BA和NAA的培养基中诱导出的愈伤组织,其胚性明显强于单独用NAA诱导出的愈伤组织。液体悬浮培养是一品红体细胞胚胎高频发生的中间步骤。不同浓度BA对一品红体细胞胚的萌发率影响不大,萌发培养基中KNO₃含量加倍可提高萌发率。     

Relationship Between Ploidy Variation of Citrus Calli and Competence for Somatic Embryogenesis

This study focuses on the relationship between the genetic variation of calli and the competence for somatic embryogenesis in citrus. The DNA content of 35 citrus calli of different genotypes was measured three times by flow cytometry during a period of four years. The results showed that 71.4% of the genotypes had a progressive increase of varied cells, while those of Page tangelo, Shamouti sweet orange, Russ navel orange and Cleopatra decreased; significant difference in the variation degree (percentages) existed among genotypes. Studies carried out on the induction of somatic embryogenesis revealed that 9 out of the 35 genotypes had still kept the competence of somatic embryogenesis, and the rest 26 had lost the competence. Correlation analysis indicated that there was no significant relationship between the variation degree and the embryogenesis competence r=−0.10 (P<0.01), neither for the relationship between the subculture duration and the regeneration capacity.     

One type of chalcone synthase gene expressed during embryogenesis regulates the flavonoid accumulation in citrus cell cultures.

To elucidate the relationship between the expression of chalcone synthase (CHS) genes and the production of flavonoid in citrus cell cultures, two cDNA clones encoding CHS were isolated (CitCHS1 and CitCHS2) from the citrus. The accumulation of CitCHS2 mRNA was notably induced by embryogenesis but CitCHS1 mRNA was not. There was no detectable accumulation of flavonoid in the undifferentiated calli, but flavonoid accumulated after the morphological changes to embryoids. These results indicate that two CHS genes differentially expressed during citrus somatic embryogenesis and CitCHS2 may regulate the accumulation of flavonoid in citrus cell cultures.     

Cellular and molecular changes associated with somatic embryogenesis induction in Agave tequilana

In spite of the importance of somatic embryogenesis for basic research in plant embryology as well as for crop improvement and plant propagation, it is still unclear which mechanisms and cell signals are involved in acquiring embryogenic competence by a somatic cell. The aim of this work was to study cellular and molecular changes involved in the induction stage in calli of Agave tequilana Weber cultivar azul in order to gain more information on the initial stages of somatic embryogenesis in this species. Cytochemical and immunocytochemical techniques were used to identify differences between embryogenic and non-embryogenic cells from several genotypes. Presence of granular structures was detected after somatic embryogenesis induction in embryogenic cells; composition of these structures as well as changes in protein and polysaccharide distribution was studied using Coomassie brilliant blue and Periodic Acid-Schiff stains. Distribution of arabinogalactan proteins (AGPs) and pectins was investigated in embryogenic and non-embryogenic cells by immunolabelling using anti-AGP monoclonal antibodies (JIM4, JIM8 and JIM13) as well as an anti-methyl-esterified pectin-antibody (JIM7), in order to evaluate major modifications in cell wall composition in the initial stages of somatic embryogenesis. Our observations pointed out that induction of somatic embryogenesis produced accumulation of proteins and polysaccharides in embryogenic cells. Presence of JIM8, JIM13 and JIM7 epitopes were detected exclusively in embryogenic cells, which supports the idea that specific changes in cell wall are involved in the acquisition of embryogenic competence of A. tequilana.     

Efficient somatic embryogenesis in sugar beet (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Beta vulgaris</Emphasis> L.) breeding lines

Efficient regeneration via somatic embryogenesis (SE) would be a valuable system for the micropropagation and genetic transformation of sugar beet. This study evaluated the effects of basic culture media (MS and PGo), plant growth regulators, sugars and the starting plant material on somatic embryogenesis in nine sugar beet breeding lines. Somatic embryos were induced from seedlings of several genotypes via an intervening callus phase on PGo medium containing N⁶-benzylaminopurine (BAP). Calli were mainly induced from cotyledons. Maltose was more effective for the induction of somatic embryogenesis than was sucrose. There were significant differences between genotypes. HB 526 and SDM 3, which produced embryogenic calli at frequencies of 25–50%, performed better than SDM 2, 8, 9 and 11. The embryogenic calli and embryos produced by this method were multiplied by repeated subculture. Histological analysis of embryogenic callus cultures indicated that somatic embryos were derived from single- or a small number of cells. 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) was ineffective for the induction of somatic embryogenesis from seedlings but induced direct somatic embryogenesis from immature zygotic embryos (IEs). Somatic embryos were mainly initiated from hypocotyls derived from the cultured IEs in line HB 526. Rapid and efficient regeneration of plants via somatic embryogenesis may provide a system for studying the molecular mechanism of SE and a route for the genetic transformation of sugar beet.     

Histology of somatic embryogenesis in <Emphasis Type="Italic">Coffea arabica</Emphasis> L.

The objective of this study was to characterize the histodifferentiation of somatic embryogenesis obtained from leaf explants of C. arabica. Therefore, we histologically analyzed the respective stages of the process: leaf segments at 0, 4, 7, 15 and 30 days of cultivation, Type 1 primary calli (primary calli with embryogenic competence) and 2 (primary calli with no embryogenic competence), embryogenic calli, globular, torpedo and cotyledonary embryos, and mature zygotic embryos. Callus formation occurred after seven days of culture, with successive divisions of procambium cell. In this cultivation phase, it was found that Type 1 primary calli are basically formed by parenchymal cells with reduced intercellular spacing, whereas Type 2 primary calli are predominantly composed of parenchymal cells with ample intercellular spaces and embryogenic calli composed entirely of meristematic cells. After 330 days, it was evident from the differentiation of somatic embryogenesis that there was formation of globular somatic embryos, consisting of a characteristic protoderm surrounding the fundamental meristem. With the maturation of these propagules after 360 days, torpedo-stage somatic embryos arose, in which tissue polarization and early differentiation of procambial strands were verified. After 390 days, cotyledonary somatic embryos were obtained, where the onset of vessel elements differentiation was verified, a characteristic also observed in mature zygotic embryos. We concluded that somatic embryogenesis obtained from C. arabica leaves initiates from procambium cell divisions that, in the course of cultivation, produce mature somatic embryos suitable for regenerating whole plants.     

Somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration from floral explants of cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) using thidiazuron

Summary A procedure for the regeneration of cacao (Theobroma cacao) plants from staminode explants via somatic embryogenesis was developed. Rapidly growing calli were induced by culturing staminode explants on a DKW salts-based primary callus growth (PCG) medium supplemented with 20 g glucose per L, 9 μM 2,4-D, and thidiazuron (TDZ) at various concentrations. Calli were subcultured onto a WPM salts-based secondary callus growth medium supplemented with 20 g glucose per L, 9 μM 2,4-D, and 1.4 nM kinetin. Somatic embryos were formed from embryogenic calli following transfer to a hormone-free DKW salts-based embryo development medium containing sucrose. The concentration of TDZ used in PCG medium significantly affected the rate of callus growth, the frequency of embryogenesis, and the number of somatic embryos produced from each responsive explant. A TDZ concentration of 22.7 nM was found to be the optimal concentration for effective induction of somatic embryos from various cacao genotypes. Using this procedure, we recovered somatic embryos from all 19 tested cacao genotypes, representing three major genetic group types. However, among these genotypes, a wide range of variation was observed in both the frequency of embryogenesis, which ranged from 1 to 100%, and the average number of somatic embryos produced from each responsive explant, which ranged from 2 to 46. Two types of somatic embryos were identified on the basis of their visual appearance and growth behavior. A large number of cacao plants have been regenerated from somatic embryos and established in soil in a greenhouse. Plants showed morphological and growth characteristics similar to those of seed-derived plants. The described procedure may allow for the practical use of somatic embryogenesis for clonal propagation of elite cacao clones and other applications that require the production of a large number of plants from limited source materials.     

Genotypic effects on somatic embryognesis and plant regeneration from callus cultures of alfalfa

Fifty genotypes of each of three cultivars of alfalfa (Medicago spp.) were tested in three medium protocols for their capacity to produce somatic embryos and plantlets from callus cultures. Highly productive genotypes produced somatic embryos regardless of medium protocol or explant source, while other genotypes produced somatic embryos in a medium-specific or explant-specific fashion. The results showed that embryogenesis in mature leaf-derived calli could be predicted from the frequency of embryo formation in cotyledon-derived calli of the same genotype. The results also indicated that highly productive genotypes can be selected from cultivars with a low frequency of regeneration.