Histological-anatomical studies of the structure of the organogenic callus inPapaver somniferum L.

Organogenic callus cultures ofPapaver somniferum L. were studied with the aim of describing the morphology of the callus and observing the changes occurring during differentiation and induction of organogenesis. The morphology of the cells and the formation of meristemoid areas were studied on a light microscopic level. Histological evidence showed that from the inner meristematic centres, protracheal elements are differentiated, from the surface meristematic centres meristemoids are formed and therefrom green leaf-like organoids.     

High frequency embryoid and plantlet formation from tissue cultures of the Finger millet-Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn

Compact nodulated embryogenic callus differentiated from cultured seeds of Eleusine coracana (Finger Millet) on Murashige and Skoog (1962) basal medium with 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (1.0, 3.0 mg ^l). This embryogenic callus was maintained on a medium with a lower level of 2,4 — dichlorophenoxyacetic acid. At every subculture the embryogenic callus had some preexisting embryoids in it. With this method of subculture the callus has retained its morphogenic potential for four years. Following transfer to media with different levels of auxins and cytokinins, the callus showed varied patterns of growth and morphogenesis. Embryoids could be germinated in profusion to form plantlets which could be transferred to the field. Shoot buds also differentiated from the whole surface of the embryoid or from the flattened meristemoids.Abbreviations BAP 6-benzylaminopurine - IAA indole-3-acetic acid - 2,4-D 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid - NAA napthaleneacetic acid - IBA indolebutyric acid - KN kinetin - MS Murashige and Skoog (1962) - GA₃ Gibberellic acid     

番茄叶组织培养中愈伤组织形成和器官发生的细胞学和微形态学研究

以番茄叶外植体为材料,研究了不同的生长素和细胞分裂素及其浓度配比对叶外植体培养行为的影响;同时,利用细胞学和扫描电子显微镜技术观察了愈伤组织形成和器官发生过程。结果表明,不同种类及浓度配比的生长素和细胞分裂素直接影响愈伤组织的物理状态、大小和形成的速度以及器官分化的频率和速度。叶外植体切口处的叶肉细胞,维管薄壁细胞和维管束上方的少数叶肉细胞首先启动脱分化而开始分裂,这些细胞的活跃分裂和分化导致在外植体表层形成由薄壁细胞、维管组织和无分化状态的表层分生细胞团组成的愈伤组织。而不定芽则通过愈伤组织的薄壁细胞再次脱分化和再分化活动而形成,为“外起源”。认为存在由植物激素决定的“无分化活性”和“有分化活性”二种性质的愈伤组织。     

Totipotency and embryogenesis in plant cell and tissue cultures

Summary An important development in the field of plant cell and tissue culture has been the demonstration in the past decade of the totipotency of higher plant cells. Isolated single cells were first successfully grown on a nurse tissue separated by a filter paper and gave rise to a callus tissue. Later, completely isolated single cells of tobacco were grown in microchambers to form small clumps of cells which then could be differentiated to form adult tobacco plants. Indirect evidence of the totipotency of higher plant cells has also been provided in a number of other plants. Embryo-like structures (or embryoids) or whole plants, or both, have been obtained from such highly differentiated cells as the pollen grains (gametic and haploid), photosynthetic palisade cells in leaves, epidermal cells from the hypocytyl, and the triploid endosperm cells; all of these cell types perform very highly specialized functions in the plant. Plant protoplasts (cell wall is digested with enzymes) have also been cultured to give rise to normal adult plants. In many instances embryoids have been produced in vitro from several species of flowering plants which do not show such asexual activity in nature. These embryoids are normally indistinguishable morphologically from embryos produced by gametic fusion, often follow the same pattern of cell divisions and differentiation as the developing zygote, and are economically important as they provide clonal populations. Early work in this area emphasized the necessity of dissociating tissues into single cells and providing a nutritional environment identical to that of the zygote in the embryo sac (usually by supplementing the medium with liquid endosperm from coconuts), before the cells could be released morphogenetically to express their totipotency by forming embryoids. Much of the recent work, however, has shown that perfect development of embryoids can be obtained in completely synthetic media in callus tissues as well as in suspension cultures. This paper is dedicated to the memory of the late Professor Philip R. White, a dear friend who provided much counsel and inspiration to us both. for his pioneering work, valuable contributions and untiring efforts in developing the science of plant cell, tissue, and organ culture. Florida Agricultural Experiment Stations Journal Series No. 4699. Presented in the Symposium on Functional Differentiated Systems at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Tissue Culture Association, Los Angeles, California, June 5–8, 1972.     

茶（Camellia sinensis Kuntze）离体培养体细胞胚胎发生的组织细胞学研究

以茶树叶片为外植体．以ＭＳ培养基附加４ｍｇ·Ｌ－１６－ＢＡ,２ｍｇ·Ｌ－１ＩＡＡ．３ｍｇ·Ｌ－１ＧＡ３和０．２—０．３％活性碳诱导出愈伤组织和胚状体,进一步形成小植株．切片观察表明．茶叶愈伤组织胚状体的发生,起源于愈伤组织表层及其内部的单个细胞和细胞团,胚状体发育顺序与合子胚大致相似．经球形胚、心形胚、鱼雷胚和子叶胚阶段．但发育过程中常有畸形胚出现．     

Regeneration of Asparagus officinalis L. through Callus Cultures Derived from Protoplasts

Undifferentiated callus derived from asparagus protoplast cultureshas been used for studies on organogenesis. Root and shoot formationhas been obtained with different hormonal balances. Adeninehas been found to be effective, together with a cytokinin, inpromoting the formation of somatic embryoids in this tissue.     

Effects of light on somatic embryo development and abscisic levels in carrot suspension cultures

Carrot cells were cultured under various light spectra and intensities at different times following the initiation of suspension cultures from callus. The highest intensity white and blue light treatments were inhibitory to growth and somatic embryogenesis. Red and green light were not different from dark treatments which produced the highest total number of embryoids. After extended time in culture, carrot cells in blue light produced secondary embryoids and anthocyanin. Cultures in red light had multiple cotyledons and orange-pigmented radicles. Leafy cotyledons occurred in all light treatments. Abscisic acid production peaked at the heart stage of embryogenesis and synthesis was most pronounced in blue light. Red light enhanced development to the heart stage. Both the red and blue light spectra may be used to manipulate carrot cell cultures to optimize growth.     

甘蔗幼叶切段培养中的体细胞胚胎发生

本文从形态学和组织学方面研究了甘蔗幼叶胚性愈伤组织发生及体细胞胚胎的形成过程。甘蔗幼叶片切段培养于含2.4—D1.5mg/1的MS培养基上,4—6天后切段开始形成愈伤组织,约10天后愈伤组织表面出现白色颗粒状结构。将含有白色颗粒状结构的愈伤组织转移至不含激素的培养基中,7—10天后可见有小植株长出。组织学和形态学观察表明,甘蔗离体再生植株是通过体细胞胚胎发生途径。     

Anatomical and ultrastructural analyses of in vitro organogenesis from root explants of commercial passion fruit (Passiflora edulis Sims)

This study aimed to characterize the anatomical events and ultrastructural aspects of direct and indirect in vitro organogenesis in Passiflora edulis. Root explants were cultured on induction medium, supplemented with 4.44 μM 6-benzyladenine. Roots at different stages of development were collected and processed for observation by light microscopy and scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Patterns of direct and indirect regeneration were observed in the explants. During direct organogenesis, the organogenic buds and nodules, formed from meristemoids, originated from the pericycle regions distant from the cut surface. Completely differentiated buds were observed after 20 days of culture. During indirect organogenesis, bud formation occurred via meristemoids at the periphery of the calli, which differentiated from the cortical region of the initial explant. Regardless of the regeneration pattern, the meristemoids had similar ultrastructural characteristics; however, differences were reported in the nuclear shape of the cells of the meristemoids formed directly and indirectly. This study provides important information for enhancing the understanding and characterization of the organogenic process in non-meristematic explants and provides information on the use of roots as explants in genetic transformation protocols for this important tropical species.     

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.     

Shoot histogenesis in tobacco callus cultures

Summary The earliest histological event observed in light-grown shoot-forming tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L. cv. Wisconsin 38) callus was the deposition of safranin-stainable substances (probably suberin) on cut, exposed cell surfaces. This was followed by the initiation of cell files and the appearance of starch granules. Nodules with lignified tracheary elements also were observed in the upper part of the callus. Pronounced starch accumulation occurred in the lower part of the callus in which protrusions of tissue into the medium occurred. Meristemoids were found in these protrusions as well as elsewhere. In between meristemoids, parenchyma cells with starch granules of varying sizes were observed. Cell strands that connected with the meristemoids also were observed. These strands often terminated at the surface of the protrusion at which point shoot apices originated. The earliest shoots were formed in these protrusions. With time, additiional shoots were formed in other parts of the bottom of the callus and finally in the top part of the callus on prolonged culture. The determination of the loci at which shoot primordia were formed sequentially, was interpreted in relation to the physiological gradient concept. This work was carried out while E. M. was a Visiting Scientist at the University of Calgary under the Scientific Exchange Program between the National Research Council of Canada and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Support for this study was provided by N.R.C. (Canada) Grant A-6467 to T. A. T.     

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.     

Two SERK genes are markers of pluripotency in Cyclamen persicum Mill

The genetic basis of stem cell specification in somatic embryogenesis and organogenesis is still obscure. SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS RECEPTOR-LIKE KINASE (SERK) genes are involved in embryogenesis and organogenesis in numerous species. In vitro culture of Cyclamen persicum immature ovules provides a system for investigating stem cell formation and maintenance, because lines forming either organs or embryos or callus without organs/embryos are available for the same cultivar and plant growth regulator conditions. The present aim was to exploit this property of cyclamen cultures to understand the role of SERK(s) in stem cell formation and maintenance in somatic embryogenesis and organogenesis in vitro, in comparison with expression in planta. CpSERK1 and CpSERK2 were isolated from embryogenic callus. CpSERK1 and CpSERK2 levels by RT-PCR showed that expression is high in embryogenic, moderate in organogenic, and null in recalcitrant calli. in situ hybridizations showed that the expression of both genes started in clumps of pluripotent stem cells, from which both pre-embryogenic aggregates and organ meristemoids derived, and continued in their trans-amplifying, meristem-like, derivatives. Expression declined in organ meristemoids, in parallel with a partial loss of meristematization. In mature somatic embryos, and in shoot and root primordia, CpSERK1 and CpSERK2 were expressed in meristems, and similar patterns occurred in zygotic embryo and primary meristems in planta. The results point to SERK1 and SERK2 as markers of pluripotency in cyclamen. It is proposed that the high expression of these genes in the trans-amplifying derivatives of the stem cells maintains a pluripotent condition leading to totipotency and, consequently, somatic embryogenesis.     

De novo root formation in thin cell layers of tobacco: changes in free and bound polyamines

Thin cell layers excised from tobacco ( Nicotiana tabacum L. cv. Samsun) stem internodes, with an appropriate exogenous hormonal balance, were able to form a greater number of roots, and in a larger percentage of the explants (93%) than when they were excised from pedicels (40%). The developmental sequence of root formation and explant growth were followed by histological analysis. Free and bound [trichloroacetic acid (TCA)-soluble and -insoluble] putrescine and spermidine increased in the explants, particularly when root meristemoids appeared. These meristemoids originated in the superficial (day 6 in culture) or deep (days 10–11) layers and inside the newly formed callus (day 25). At those times, TCA-soluble and, to a lesser extent, TCA-insoluble bound putrescine predominated over the other polyamines. Spermine was always present in trace amounts. Polyamines decreased again when root and callus formation was completed (day 30). The involvement of these three classes of polyamines (free, TCA-soluble and -insoluble) in morphogenic processes is discussed.     

Histological study of in vitro development of adventitious buds on leaf explants of oriental beech (Fagus orientalis lipsky)

Summary Adventitious shoots were induced on the proximal portion of leaves excised from Fagus orientalis shoot cultures derived from a 2-mo.-old or a 4-yr-old seedling. Up to 90% of the explants formed between 13 and 19 buds after culture on Woody Plant Medium containing 2.9 μM indole-3-acetic acid and 4.5 μM thidiazuron. Adventitious buds developed mostly on petiole stub callus, but also on the midvein. The histological events leading to shoot organogenesis were examined. Some shoots developed directly from subepidermis or epidermis, but most originated indirectly from cell file proliferation produced by periclinally dividing cells subadjacent to the epidermis. Some cells in the outermost layers of these files became meristematic and divided extensively, resulting in the formation of meristemoids after 16 d of culture. Dedifferentiation into meristematic cells, which exhibited a large, prominent nucleus, densely-stained cytoplasm, and a high nucleus-to-cell area ratio, was generally associated with anticlinal divisions in cells previously originated by periclinal division. Subepidermal cell proliferation occurred mainly in the abaxial surface of the explant, which initially formed a diffuse cambium and later evolved to a phellogenic cambium. Some meristemoids were also differentiated by lenticel phellogen. Organized cell divisions in meristemoids gave rise to bud primordia that emerged from the explant surface and differentiated a protoderm. The progressive structural differentiation of the apical meristem, leaf primordia, and procambial strands led, after about 28 d of culture, to shoots with vascular connections with treachery elements previously differentiated in adjacent tissues.     

Embryogenesis in callus derived from rice microspores

Differentiating calli derived from rice (Oryza sativa L.) microspores were examined histologically. Shoot and root meristems were observed to be arising by both organogenesis as well as embryogenesis. Embryoid attachment to callus (as well as other embryoids) was at the scutellum adjacent to the mesocotyl and radicle. These observations could be interpreted as an indication of the totipotent plasticity of that tissue.     

Modulation of shoot formation in tobacco callus by tissue transfer between permissive and inhibitory media

Summary In an attempt to understand events involved in the cellular regulation of in vitro plant organogenesis, experiments were performed in which tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) callus was transferred at different days in culture from a shoot-forming medium to a non-shoot-forming medium and vice versa. The transfers were made at key histologic stages of the shoot-forming process and known biochemical and biophysical correlates were examined. The changes in starch accumulation and disappearance supported the previously assigned functions, and could be correlated with the histologic changes that occurred in the callus after transfer at the different culture times. In contrast, the changes in respiration could not be correlated with these events. The changes in osmotic and turgor potentials after transfer showed that osmotic adjustment preceded both shoot initiation and development. This suggests that osmotic adjustment might play an important role in in vitro organogenesis. This research was supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada grant A-6467 to T. A. T.     

Recovery and characterization of amino acid analog‐resistant carrot and tobacco suspension‐cultured cells after cryostorage for over 10 years

Several Daucus carota (carrot) and Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco) cell lines that had been selected as resistant to Pro, Trp, Lys and Met analogs were thawed after over 10 years of cryostorage in liquid nitrogen. Some of these cell lines had been cloned. Viable cells were recovered in all cases, and growing lines were recovered from the carrot lines when placed either on feeder plates or directly into liquid medium. Some tobacco cultures were recovered only in liquid medium, but two Trp analog‐resistant cloned lines could not be recovered after several attempts. Generally the cryopreserved lines retained the original resistance and corresponding free amino acid levels while the same lines maintained as callus with monthly transfers for the same period often lost the resistance. Our study shows that carrot and some, but not all, tobacco cultured cell lines can be cryopreserved for over 10 years and still be recovered with their original characteristics.     

Callus induction and plantlet regeneration inCichorium intybus L.: II. Effect of different hormonal treatments

Summary Expiants ofCichorium intybus L. storage roots were grownin vitro on a modified Heller's medium lacking auxins and cytokinins, or supplemented with auxins (either 2,4-D or NAA) alone or with a cytokinin (kinetin) or auxin and kinetin combinations in different concentrations. The morphogenetic responses of root explants varied with the different hormonal treatments. The best response for callus growth was obtained in presence of 2,4-D. On the contrary, kinetin alone was very effective for shoot induction, increasing the formation of adventitious buds (up to 100% of the explants) in respect to control (hormone-free medium). NAA induced either shoot differentiation (in a medium frequency) or root formation. Expiants excised from root zones near to apex, which showed on hormone-free medium a very low regenerative capacity (lower than proximal zones of the root), responded to kinetin by increasing significantly the number of shoots from adventitious buds.Cytological analyses in developing primary calli showed, in all media, high incidence of amitotic phenomena confirmed by DNA cytophotometry in calli at different growth stages. The histological analysis demonstrated the formation of meristematic growth centers on the organogenesis inducing media and the subsequent development of these meristemoids as shoot (or root) apices in the callus mass.The results are discussed in comparison with previous observations of the authors inCichorium intybus (Caffaro et al. 1982) and in relation to the action of hormonal treatments on callus formation and organogenesis. The cytological and histological results are also discussed in relation to the hormonal composition of the medium.