Cytology and Histology in Somatic Embryogenesis of Indica Rice

The somatic embryogenesis was established from mature dehulled seeds. The histological research showed that embryogenic calli were initiated first from absorbed cells of scutellum of mature seed. And then the embryoids derived from the surface of embryogenic callus. Having been the same structure like a zygotic embryo of rice, the embryoids possessed the major parts of scutellum, coleoptile and coleorhiza. In an embryoid, several developmental stages of pro-embryoid, including single embryogenic cells, two, four and multiple cell stage pro-embryeids and some abnormal embryoids were observed. It could be concluded from this experiment that the embryoid from somatic cell culture in Indica rice possessed an original form of a plant in structure like a zygotic did and derived from a single cell.     

CHARACTERIZATION OF AN EMBRYOGENIC CELL SUSPENSION CULTURE DERIVED FROM CULTURED INFLORESCENCES OF PENNISETUM AMERICANUM (PEARL MILLET,GRAMINEAE)

An embryogenic suspension culture was established from cultured inflorescence segments of Pennisetum americanum in Murashige and Skoog's medium supplemented with 2.5 mg/1 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and 5% coconut milk. The suspension was composed of two major cell types: 1) small, richly cytoplasmic and starch-containing cells, generally found in small, compact clumps, here termed embryogenic cells; and 2) elongated, thick-walled cells with large vacuoles. By manipulating the duration of culture and dilution ratios (cell suspension: fresh medium) at the time of subculture, suspensions consisting predominantly of embryogenic cells were obtained. Suspensions grown for 2-3 wks were transferred to agar media with reduced amounts of 2,4-D. This resulted in the production of hundreds of globular and early cotyledonary embryoids. Further development of the embryoids was promoted by their transfer to a medium containing abscisic acid. Many of the embryoids germinated and produced normal green plants. Atypical embryoids, some containing many shoot meristems and a leafy scutellum, were also observed. The relevance of such atypical embryoids in the interpretation of organogenesis and embryogenesis reported in tissue cultures of cereal species is discussed. It is also suggested that somatic embryogenesis occurs in tissue cultures of most, if not all, species of cereals and grasses.     

Ultrastructural studies on pollen embryogenesis in maize (Zea mays L.)

Maize anthers have been induced on modified N6 medium to produce embryoids. Different stages from the cultures were sampled and prepared for microscopical examination. The microspores at the onset of culture were in an early developmental stage, with the nucleus and numerous organelles centred in the middle, surrounded by many small vacuoles with a lipid content. The binuclear pollen grains contained small vesicles and much starch. The partially condensed vegetative nucleus indicated participation of the vegetative component in the formation of multicellular pollen grains (MPGs). Several MPGs have been observed which differed in morphology. We suggest, on the basis of these ultrastructural observations, that in maize mainly the vegetative cell contributes to the MPG which further develops directly into embryoids.     

枸杞胚性细胞分化的超微结构和ATP酶的细胞化学定位研究

枸杞的胚性细胞多由愈伤组织表层的薄壁细胞分化而来,与愈伤组织中未分化的细胞相比,胚性细胞呈卵圆形,细胞核大,核仁明显,细胞质浓厚并含有丰富的细胞器,细胞壁较薄,细胞间有胞间连丝相通;胚性细胞发育到晚期细胞壁加厚,胞间连丝逐渐消失,细胞核向一端偏移,有大液泡形成;胚性细胞的第一次分裂多为均等分裂,形成二细胞原胚,继续分裂形成多细胞原胚;组成多细胞原胚胚体的细胞核大,核形状不规则,细胞质浓厚,细胞器丰富,在质体中出现淀粉的积累。在胚性细胞发育的早期,ATP酶活性主要位于质膜上,随后在液泡内和细胞核中都出现ATP酶活性的分布;随着胚性细胞壁的加厚,细胞壁加厚处和细胞间隙中也出现ATP酶活性反应;当多细胞原胚形成后,ATP酶活性反应主要定位于液泡膜上。由此分析了结构特征、ATP酶活性定位变化与胚性细胞分化的关系。     

Somatic embryogenesis inEchinochloa crusgalli

A white, compact embryogenic tissue was obtained from young inflorescence segments ofEchinochloa crusgalli (barnyard grass) cultured on Murashige and Skoog's medium containing various concentrations and combinations of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and 6-benzylaminopurine. Histological and scanning electron microscopic studies revealed that the white compact callus contained embryoids in various stages of development. Typical embryoids were bipolar and possessed scutella, coleoptiles and coleorhizae. The embryogenic nature of the callus was maintained throughout eight to ten subcultures spanning more than six months. A high frequency of plant regeneration was obtained when the 2,4-D concentration was reduced or 2,4-D was removed from the medium.     

枣树体细胞胚发生和组织学研究

以临泽小枣子叶切块为外植体,在附加０．２mg/L IBA 1．0mg/L 6-BA的ＭＳ培养基上１周后切块边缘可诱导出白色胚愈伤组织,继续培养１个月后愈伤组织中产生体细胞胚。体细胞胚发生不同步,经历球形胚、心形胚、子叶胚等阶段,与合子胚发育途径相似。组织切片表面胚性愈伤组织细胞体积小,细胞核大、细胞质浓,细胞排列紧密;而非胚性愈伤组织细胞体积大、细胞核小、细胞质稀薄,子叶胚时期体细胞胚内部出现维管束,并观察到螺纹导管。     

Embryogenic Suspension Culture and Plant Regeneration from Suspension-Derived Proto-plasts of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)

Fast growing embryogenic cell suspension culture was established when embryogenic callus derived from cotyledon protoplasts of cucumber was transferred into a liquid culture. So far the cell line has been subcultured for two years and retained the ability of embryogenesis and plant regeneration. Experimental data showed that the concentration of ABA or sucrose had a dramatic effect on embryogenesis and synchronization of embryoid development. Low level of sucrose concentration (1%) facilitated the precocious germination of the embryoids while 1 mg/l of ABA or 7–9% of sucrose was found to be effective for reducing callusing of the cultures and synchronisticly controlling the embryoids at globular or late globular stage. Embryogenic cells taken from 3–5 days after subculture were enzymatically digested. A large amount of viable protoplasts was isolated. Protoplasts were cultured in a DPDK1 medium either by means of drop or thin layer liquid culture or by means of sodium alginate encapsulation culture. Actively dividing cells formed cell colonies and globular embryoids which were transferred onto a solidified agar medium or directly into a liquid medium to form a shaken culture. The embryoids would proliferated continuously. Embryoids eventually developed into plantlets when they were transferred onto a 1/2 MSO medium devoid of phytohormones.     

Ultrastructural Studies of Somatic Embryogenesis in Wheat

Electron microscopic observation of somatic embryogenesis from cultured immature wheat embryos revealed the presence of a lot of small vacuoles, a large nucleus, clear nucleolus and polynucleoli. The electron density of cytoplasm was strengthened during somatic embryogenesis. Quantity and type of organelles—plastid, ribosome and mitochondrion were increased; thickened cell wall, disappeared plasmodesmata, increased organelles andstarch accumulation in the embryogenic cells. Nucleolus vacuoles, autophagic vacuoles and secretory vesicles were present in the embryogenic cells with thickened cell walls. The multicellular proembryos, globular embryoid and pear-shaped embryoid were surrounded by an envelop, but plasmodesmata existed extensively between cells of somatic embryoid. The membranous structures appeared in the plastid which underwent transformation into chloroplast in the cells of growing point in almost mature embryoid. The relation of the above-mentioned structureal changes to somatic embryogenesis is also discussed.     

Growth and accumulation of storage reserves by somatic embryos of Ocotea catharinensis Mez. (Lauraceae)

The focus of this study was the assessment of in vitro growth of embryogenic cultures of Ocotea catharinensis Mez. (Lauraceae) on Woody Plant Medium (WPM) supplemented with 22.7 g l^–1 sorbitol, 2 g l^–1 Phytagel, 20 g l^–1 sucrose and 400 mg l^–1 glutamine and the biochemical analysis of somatic embryos at different developmental stages (globular, early cotyledonary, cotyledonary and mature). The embryoids underwent repetitive embryo-genesis and developed non-synchronously, throughout the culture period. Dry weight increased 12.6- and 26.8-fold after 3 and 5 weeks, respectively. During the 5 week culture period a reduction in the frequency of embryoids at the globular stage and increasing frequencies of embryoids at early cotyledonary, cotyledonary and mature stages were observed. Embryoids at the mature stages presented a small but significantly higher water content than those at the globular stage. Therefore, embryoid expansion at the latter stages of development was mainly due to water uptake. Embryoids at the globular stages accumulated higher levels of total proteins while those at the cotyledonary and mature stage showed higher levels of soluble sugars and starch (physiological markers of embryo maturation). Thus, significant differences in the profiles of accumulated storage reserves were detected in the embryoids at different developmental stages in the culture conditions tested.     

扩张莫尼茨绦虫(绦虫纲:圆叶目)卵黄细胞发育的超微结构

用透射电镜观察了扩张莫尼茨绦虫(Moniezia expansa)卵黄细胞发育的全过程。扩张莫尼茨绦虫卵黄细胞发育的规律为：(1)细胞体积不断增大;(2)质、核比不断增加而核体积几乎不发生改变,核表面从规则变为不规则,再由不规则变为规则,核内出现染色质浓缩成小块再分散的发育变化过程;(3)线粒体逐渐增多,发育不断完善;(4)粗面内质网及高尔基复合体出现由少到多,发育不断完善,再由多到少不断退化的变化;(5)由高尔基复合体组装的电子致密的小卵黄囊不断融合,至卵黄细胞成熟时仅有一卵黄囊,占据细胞大部分体积[动物学报49(2)：256—261,2003]。     

石防风细胞悬浮培养中的体细胞胚发生

石防风试管苗的根经2,4-D诱导可形成具有发生体细胞胚潜能的愈伤组织,用愈伤组织制备悬浮细胞。细胞及组织学的观察表明,体细胞胚发生经历了单细胞、丝状体、细胞团、愈伤组织及胚性细胞团的出现及类胚体的各个发育阶段。丝状体可以经过不同的分裂途径发育为细胞团。愈伤组织表面或者内部的某些细胞演变为胚性细胞,它们不断分裂形成了体细胞胚,一个愈伤组织可形成一个或几个体细胞胚。     

Wheat Androgenic Embryoids and Calli: Data of Scanning Electron Microscopy

The surface of wheat androgenic embryoids and calli at different developmental stages was studied using SEM. The embryoids were already characterized by regular cell divisions at the early developmental stages, while the calli were represented by irregular cell conglomerates. This trend was preserved during further development of androgenic structures. SEM studies of the surface of so-called secondary embryoids confirmed these observations.     

Factors Influencing Embryogenesis in Carrot Cultures (Daucus carota L.)

There is no doubt that isolated vacuolated carrot cells cande-differentiate and give rise to embryogenic clusters fromwhich embryoids arise. However a study of the origins of embryogeniccells in culture suggests that the most frequent source is fromgroups of small meristematic cells liberated from the primaryexplant, and maintained as meristematic cells through numeroussubcultures. Groups of vacuolated cells divide to give riseto callus nodules, which can undergo morphogenesis in a varietyof ways. Transitions from one cell type to another are relativelyinfrequent, and cells generally divide to give rise to cellsof similar type to the parent. The occurrence of a low proportionof embryogenic cells in an inoculum is sufficient to resultin large numbers of embryoids when medium conditions are changedto favour their proliferation and development. The various routesby which plants can arise from carrot cultures are discussed.     

辣椒游离小孢子细胞团培养的胚状体形成

从预培养15天后的花药中机械游离小孢子及其细胞团,经28℃液体悬浮暗培养．30天后,获得了自球形期胚到子叶期胚发育程度不等的各类胚状体。从12个花药中可以形成高达22个胚状体,且子叶期胚的比例约为23％。显微镜检表明,这些胚状体来自游离的小孢子细胞．经核的对称分裂形成多核细胞或者早期形成多细胞团,最后经细胞的分裂分化形成。胚状体体表具毛,活力有差异。在适当培养基上,具活力的鱼雷期及子叶期胚状体均能发育成正常植株。7℃、32℃、35℃8天的胁迫处理均能诱导小孢子胚状体发生。但花药培养中7℃、35℃处理下的出胚率较32℃下高,而游离小孢子细胞团培养中以35℃、32℃下较好。7℃处理下获得的胚状体数很少．对产生这种现象的原因进行了探讨。出胚率在基因型间,不同胁迫处理温度间表现明显差异。而在温度处理的不同天数间差异不明显。流式细胞仪对再生株真叶的DNA含量分析表明．获得的再生株中具有单倍体、双单倍体以及单倍一双倍嵌合体植株。本结果为进一步开展辣椒雄性生殖途径的胚状体发育研究。提高辣椒成熟胚状体的频率提供了实验体系。     

Structural changes during early embryogenesis in wheat pollen

Summary We have made a detailed cytological examination of the development of wheat embryoids, monitoring their initial divisions from two to ten cells by both light and electron microscopy. According to our observations the first embryogenic division is symmetrical. After the androgenesis induction treatment, there is a decrease in ribosome population with cells that have inactive nucleoli made up almost exclusively of a dense fibrillar component. This population is restored after initial embryogenic divisions. During the initial divisions the embryogenic pollen grains do not appear to change in size and the pollen wall remains intact. The exine undergoes no modification but the intine thickens, and we have observed that the thickness of the intine can be used as a cytological marker of androgenesis. The walls separating the cells obtained after embryogenic division contained numerous plasmodesmata. The beginnings of embryo polarization and cell differentiation could be made out in the very early pollen embryoids.     

Origin of somatic embryos from cultured shoot tips ofSorghum bicolor (L.) moench

Summary Histologic examination of shoot-tip explants, 1 wk after culture initiation on Murashige and Skoog medium with 2.5 mg/liter 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and 0.05 mg/liter kinetin, reveals active meristematic centers inside cultured tissue. Clusters of cells in these meristematic centers exhibit remarkable resemblance to the initial three divisions in the zygotic embryo. Several such meristematic groups of cells are observed in the cultured explant at this stage. Embryogenesis is obviously initiated very early in this tissue in the presence of 2,4-D. A well-defined, white globular embryogenic callus develops in culture in about 4 wk, and it consists of clusters of embryoids with large cells characterized by thick cell walls, numerous lipoidal vesicles, and localized areas of carbohydrate storage. These cells resemble the scutellar tissue of the embryo. However, there are cells within this tissue that themselves appear embryogenic. They undergo cell division giving rise to small clusters of cells. As long as 2,4-D is present in the medium, the cells apparently retain the capacity to proliferate and to produce more cells capable of embryogenesis. Embryogenesis seems to occur via two processes, initiation of somatic embryos early in culture and secondary embryogensis from the scutellar tissue that forms in vitro.     

香根草体细胞胚胎发生的细胞学特点与形成条件

香根草是一种优良的生态环境治理植物,但也存在着一些局限性。为了对香根草进行遗传改良,选育出性状更优、抗性更强的新品种,开展了香根草离体培养研究。离体培养采用了两种外植体,一是带腋芽的节,二是由器官发生方式所产生的无菌不定芽。基本培养基为MS,根据不同的目的附加不同种类或配比的生长素与细胞分裂素。观察到香根草的外植体的离体发育途径,有器官发生和体细胞胚胎发生两种,依培养基中所含细胞分裂素或生长素的种类和用量不同而异。结果表明,香根草的这两种离体发育途径的植株再生能力均可以长期保持。细胞学的研究显示,香根草离体发育的启动可在外植体的表皮细胞或薄壁细胞中进行,这些细胞逐渐发育成为胚性细胞。胚性细胞分裂活跃,经二细胞、四细胞而发育成为多细胞的胚性细胞团。由显微观察可知,香根草的体细胞胚胎发生是单细胞起源的,成熟的体细胞胚具有单子叶植物典型的胚胎结构。在分化培养基的作用下,体细胞胚组织上所有的胚状体可以出芽而形成再生植株。所建立的香根草体细胞胚胎发生的植株再生体系,完全适用于遗传转化等生物工程方法对离体培养要求。此外,还观察到一些一般只有在双子叶植物才出现的鱼雷形体细胞胚,这是体细胞胚胎发生中的异常现象。认为这种异常胚是离体培养所引起的。     

Observations on Morphology and Cytology of Embryoids Derived from Callus of Maize

Observations on the callus sections showed that most embryoids were produced from surface layer cells of the callus and a few embryoids from inside layers of the callus. The initial cell of the embryoids possessed denser protoplasm and larger nucleus than the others cells did. The developmental sequence of the initial cell was similar to that of the zygotic embryos. First division gave rise to two daughter cells, the basal cell and terminal cell. The basal cell was able to divide or not divide again and changed into the suspensor, The terminal cell first divided longitudinally and then transversely into four cells. As the four cells further divided the embryo was formed properly. The embryoids possessed monody or polycotyledons. The production of the embryoids from a callus was not synchronous. So embryoids of different development stages could be found on the same callus.     

Developmental SEM observations on an extracellular matrix in embryogenic calli ofDrosera rotundifolia andZea mays

Summary Primary embryogenic callus ofDrosera rotundifolia and long-term cultured embryogenic callus ofZea mays possess a conspicuous extracellular matrix (ECM) around and between embryogenic cells. The structural arrangement of ECM depends on the developmental stage of the embryogenic cells. Single embryoid cells were covered with, and connected by net-like material. However, surface cells of young globular embryoids were covered with a coherent layer of ECM which forms bridges with net-like material between the cells which was gradually reduced to coarse strands. When protodermis was formed on the surface of globular embryoids, the ECM disappeared completely. The ECM network was never observed on the surface of heart- and torpedo-shaped embryoids. Safranine (especially 0.1%) stabilized the structure of ECM. Digestion with pronase E and proteinase K indicated that the ECM contains proteinaceous components. Similar developmental patterns of ECM were observed in dicotyledonous and monocotyledonous examples. The ECM represents a stable morphological structure even during long-term embryogenic culture in maize.Abbreviations 2,4-D 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid - Dicamba 3,6-dichloro-o-anisic acid - ECM extracellular matrix - KIN kinetin - SEM scanning electron microscopy - TEM transmission electron microscopy     

茴香组织培养中体细胞胚胎发生的组织细胞学研究

将茴香幼茎或叶柄的愈伤组织转入附加6-BA和低浓度2,4-D的MS培养基以后,愈伤组织逐步由松软状转变成为颗粒状的胚性愈伤组织,胚状体起源于胚性愈伤组织中的单个细胞或胚性细胞团。在含NAA和6-BA的培养基中,胚状体发育成熟,并再生小植株。茴香的胚状体主要以单细胞内起源方式发生。首先由胚状体单个原始细胞分裂形成2-细胞原胚,2-细胞原胚以三种方式进行分裂:1.T- 形分裂;2.直线形分裂;3.田字形分裂。不同的分裂方式决定了胚柄的有无。茴香胚状体的发育过程与合子胚基本相同。由原胚发育成为球形胚,依次经过心形胚和鱼雷胚阶段,形成成熟的子叶胚。在胚状体发育的每一个阶段,都有其分生组织的活动中心。球形胚期,两团分生组织位于胚体中部对应的两点;心形胚期,位于两侧和中部;鱼雷胚期,分生组织的分布在子叶形成区域呈倒“U”形,在下胚轴部位呈中空的梭形。到子叶期,分生组织从两片子叶伸向胚根,呈“Y”形分布。两子叶间产生茎生长点,由生长点分化出叶原基。胚状体最终发育成为完整植株。