Prolific shoot regeneration from immature embryo explants of sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia Scop.)

Summary Immature cotyledons and embryo axes of sainfoin were cultured on Murashige and Skoog (MS) media supplemented with various concentrations of 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP) and a-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA) to induce adventitious shoot regeneration. The highest frequency of shoot regeneration occurred following an initial callus growth on a MS medium containing 0.5 mg/l BAP and 2 mg/l NAA. Immature embryo axes showed higher regeneration capacity than immature cotyledons, however, shoot elongation was best achieved on immature cotyledons. Regenerated shoots were excised and rooted in half strength MS medium with 1 mg/l indole-butyric acid (IBA) or 1 mg/l NAA. The rooted plantlets were finally transferred to compost.     

In vitro morphogenesis from cotyledon and epicotyl explants and flow cytometry distinction between landraces of Bambara groundnut [<Emphasis Type="Italic">Vigna subterranea</Emphasis> (L.) Verdc], an under-utilised grain legume

The morphogenetic competence of Bambara groundnut was assessed for different landraces, explant sources and media compositions. With cotyledon explants, the best callusing occurred on a medium containing 3 mg/l BAP + 0.5 mg/l NAA, while roots were produced with 3–5 mg/l BAP + 0.5 mg/l NAA. Shoots regenerated (∼6%) from cotyledons on media with BAP alone (3–5 mg/l) or combined with 0.01–0.1 mg/l NAA. Flowers were regenerated on 5 mg/l BAP + 0.5 mg/l NAA, without any intervening callus phase. With epicotyls, the highest callusing was on 3 mg/l BAP + 0.5 mg/l NAA, and shoots regenerated (15–20%) on 3 mg/l BAP alone or with NAA at concentrations that depended on the landrace studied. Regenerated shoots rooted on hormone-free medium, and plants transferred to the greenhouse were all morphologically normal and fertile. Flow cytometry showed that most regenerants were diploid and in addition permitted to distinguish between landraces according to their relative nuclear DNA content. This is the first report on de novo regeneration in vitro of Bambara groundnut, an important yet neglected legume crop.     

ORGANOGENESIS FROM HELIANTHUS ANNUUS INBREDS AND HYBRIDS FROM THE COTYLEDONS OF ZYGOTIC EMBRYOS

Dormant mature and immature zygotic embryos of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) inbreds and hybrids were dissected and cultured on modified Murashige and Skoog's medium supplemented with 0.1 mg/l benzyl adenine (BA), 0.5 mg/l naphthalene acetic acid (NAA), adenine sulfate, and casamino acids. For certain inbreds and hybrids, adventitious shoot formation occurred from callused cotyledonary tissue, particularly along the cut edges. The developmental stage of the zygotic embryo was critical. Eighty percent of immature H. annuus ‘Mammoth Russian’ embryos produced adventitious shoots from cotyledons, while mature embryos did not. The organogenic potential of mature cotyledons diminished as soon as one day after germination was initiated. Different forms of regeneration were observed in two inbred lines, and when these were crossed, both forms of regeneration were observed at a lower frequency from the immature embryos of the hybrid. Rooted shoots were successfully grown to maturity in a greenhouse.     

Phenylacetic acid improves bud elongation and in vitro plant regeneration efficiency in Helianthus annuus L.

We have developed a highly efficient three-stage protocol for plant regeneration in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) from embryonal cotyledons. This protocol uses phenylacetic acid (PAA) for both shoot-bud induction and the elongation of smaller buds. The medium used for inducing bud formation from the cotyledons was modified MS medium supplemented with 3 mg/l 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP) and 0.5 mg/l PAA. Buds were elongated on MS medium supplemented either with only 0.2 mg/l gibberellic acid (GA₃) or with 0.2 mg/l GA₃ + 0.1 mg/l PAA + 0.3 mg/l BAP. The elongated shoots were then transferred onto rooting medium containing 1 mg/l PAA. The complete plantlets with well-developed roots were transferred to field conditions where they survived and set normal seeds. The induction of shoot buds from embryonal cotyledons was also observed on modified MS medium supplemented with 0.5-5 mg/l BAP in combination with 0.5-5 mg/l !-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA). In this case, the formation of callus took place along with shoot-bud formation, which hindered further development of the latter. The presence of PAA with BAP in the primary bud induction medium promoted normal development and elongation of shoot buds.     

Influence of auxins on organogenesis and ginsenoside production in Panax ginseng calluses

Panax ginseng calluses were cultured for 5 weeks on solid MS medium supplemented with kinetin 0.46 mM (0.1 mg l^–1) and 2 mg l^–1 of 2,4-D (9.05 mM), IBA (9.98 mM) or NAA (10.74 mM). In the conditions studied, 2,4-D inhibited the organogenic capacity of the calluses, whereas IBA or NAA increased this capacity. IBA induced the formation of a high number of buds and roots, but the roots were thin and necrotized. Calluses grown with NAA produced fewer buds and roots than those grown in IBA medium, but the roots were thick and showed good growth. The highest ginsenoside content was found in root forming calluses grown in the presence of NAA.In calluses forming roots or buds, 2,4-D, NAA and especially IBA increased the Rb group of ginsenosides rather than that of the Rg group.     

Regulation of organogenesis and somatic embryogenesis by auxin in melon,Cucumis melo L.

Various tissues of seeds and seedlings of melon were cultured in vitro to study the effects of auxin concentration on organogenesis and embryogenesis. Adventitious shoots and somatic embryos were formed from explants of cotyledons of mature seeds, hypocotyls of seedlings, and leaves and petioles of young plantlets. Expanded cotyledons of seedlings formed only adventitious shoots. All tissues responded similarly to the 2,4-D concentration in the media, that is, adventitious shoots were formed at low concentration, callus proliferated without differentiation at intermediate concentration and somatic embryos were induced at high concentration. Cotyledons of mature seeds formed both adventitious shoots and somatic embryos more efficiently than any other tissues cultured.Effects of three auxins, 2,4-D, NAA and IAA, on organogenesis and embryogenesis were compared using cotyledons of mature seeds. Adventitious shoots were formed at low level of auxins (0 to 0.01 mg/l 2,4-D; 0 to 0.1 mg/l NAA; 0 to 1.0 mg/l IAA), and embryos were formed at high level of auxins (1.0 to 2.0 mg/l 2,4-D; 3.0 to 10.0 mg/l NAA; 20.0 to 100.0 mg/l IAA). IAA gave more efficient shoot formation and embryogenesis than the other auxins.Abbreviations 2,4-D 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid - NAA -naphthaleneacetic acid - IAA 3indoleacetic acid - BA 6-benzylaminopurine - MS Murashige and Skoog     

农杆菌转化的小冠花发状根的诱导及其植株再生

利用野生型发根农杆菌15834菌株感染小冠花15日龄无菌苗子叶和下胚轴切段,建立了高效的发状根培养及其体细胞胚胎发生再生体系。发状根可直接从受伤的外植体表面产生,也能在外植体诱导的愈伤组织上发生,在无外源激素的MS固体和液体培养基上,转化根能自主生长,表现出典型的发根特征。用适宜浓度的乙酰丁香酮处理对数生长期的农杆菌菌液2h,感染预培养2d的子叶获得了最高的转化频率(87.4%)。在附加0.2mgL2,4_D,0.5mgLNAA和0.5mgLKT的MS培养基上,发状根能100%形成胚性愈伤组织,并于含0.5mgLKT,0.2mgLIBA和300mgL脯氨酸的MS培养基上顺序经过体细胞胚胎发育的各个典型时期,转换成完整植株。再生植株除具有发达的侧根外,其它形态特征与未转化植株未见明显的差异,但在获得的5个转化克隆中,其中1个的发状根及其再生植株叶片中有毒物质3_硝基丙酸的含量显著下降,分别为未转化对照的57.68%和58.17%。冠瘿碱纸电泳检测和rolB基因PCR扩增检测均证明农杆菌Ri质粒上的T_DNA已经整合到小冠花转化细胞的基因组中。     

Reliable plantlet formation from embryos and seedling shoot tips of radiata pine

A method has been devised for the reliable production of plantlets from embryos and seedling shoot tips of Pinus radiata D.Don (radiata pine). Buds were induced on an agar or liquid Schenk and Hildebrandt (SH) medium containing 5.0 mg/l benzylaminopurine (BAP). Except for some abnormal buds, the buds grew into elongated shoots on an agar SH medium without cytokinin. The transfer of shoots from a SH medium to a Gresshoff and Doy (GD) medium was found to be an important pretreatment which increased the survival of the shoots when they were placed in a peat and pumice mix for root formation. Elongated shoots were induced to form roots under non-sterile conditions in a humid environment with occasional misting. An intervening 5-day treatment of shoots in an agar medium containing 2.0 mg/l indolebutyric acid (IBA) and 0.5 mg/l napthaleneacetic acid (NAA) significantly increased the percentage of shoots forming roots and the number of roots formed per shoot over control shoots placed directly in the peat:pumice mix. An enhanced level of CO₂ during root formation had no effect on the time of root formation or on the percentage of shoots forming roots. These results concerning the elongation, growth and rooting of adventitious shoots are now being applied to the development of very large numbers of plantlets starting from cotyledons from partially germinated seeds.     

Antiauxin enhanced microshoot initiation and plant regeneration from epicotyl-originated thin-layer explants of sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris L.)

An in vitro method was developed for microshoot initiation from thin-layer explants prepared from the elongated epicotyls of sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris L.). Intact epicotyls of 14-day-old seedlings were excised from the hypocotyls above the cotyledons and allowed to elongate on De Greef and Jacobs (1979) medium supplemented with 0.2 mg/l 6-benzyladenine, 0.2 mg/l gibberellic acid and 0.1 mg/l indole-3-acetic acid in darkness. After a 21-day-incubation, the elongated epicotyls were halved to obtain apical and basal segments prior to removing the leaves and lateral buds. Subsequently, 5–8 mm long, 2–3 mm wide and 0.8–1.0 mm thick tangential sections were prepared longitudinally from the exterior parts of the halved epicotyls. These thin-layer explants were incubated on microshoot initiating media containing various growth regulators. The combination of 1.0 mg/l 6-benzyladenine and the antiauxin 2,3,5-triiodobenzoic acid (1.0 mg/l) resulted in maximum microshoot development (6.3±0.2 microshoots/thin-layer explant). The final efficiency of our tissue culture system was significantly increased by the NaCl (100 mg/l) initiated in vitro rooting of microshoot originated plantlets.Abbreviations AC activated charcoal - asdp apical segment derived plantlet - asTLE apical segment derived thin-layer explant - BA-6 benzyladenine - bsdp basal segment derived plantlet - bsTLE basal segment derived thin-layer explant - EEM1-4 epicotyl elongation media - GA₃ gibberellic acid - GM germinating medium - IAA indole-3-acetic acid - IBA indole-3-butyric acid - KN kinetin - MES morpholino-ethanesulfonic acid - MSI1-6 microshoot initiating media - NAA -naphthalene acetic acid - PG_oB De Greef and Jacobs (1979) medium - RM1-3 rooting media - SDM shoot developing medium - SE standard error - TIBA 2,3,5 triiodobenzoic acid - TLE thin-layer explant - ZEA zeatin     

小桐子的组织培养和植株再生

以小桐子（Jatropha curcas）的胚芽、子叶、下胚轴、叶柄、叶片和茎段作为外植体,用不同浓度的6-苄基腺嘌呤（6-BA）和α-萘乙酸（NAA）对其进行愈伤组织的诱导和植株再生的研究。结果表明：在MS培养基中加入5．0mg／L6-BA和1．0mg／LNAA对愈伤组织的诱导效果最好;加入5．0mg／L6-BA和0．1mg／LNAA对不定芽的诱导最为有效,加入0．1mg／L6-BA和1．0mg／LNAA有利于芽的生长;加入1．0mg／LNAA的1／2MS培养基对生根最为有利。     

唐古特大黄组织培养技术的研究

试验选用唐古特大黄(Rheum tunguticum Maxim．ex Regel．)种了萌发的无菌苗及无菌苗子叶、下胚轴、胚根和幼根作为材料,研究唐古特大黄不同外植体的离体培养技术。结果表明,唐古特大黄的无菌苗和无菌苗子叶、下胚轴、胚根和幼根都可以作为离体培养的良好外植体。唐古特大黄的最适分化培养基足：B5 NAA0．1mg／L 6-BA3mg／L;最适乍根培养素是：1／2MS NAA1mg／L 3%蔗糖或1／2MS NAA0．5mg／L 3％蔗糖;愈伤组织诱导培养基是：MS 2,1-D 1mg／L NAA1mg/L 6BA1mg／L。     

Attempt at regeneration of Pharbitis nil from fragments of vegetative organs

The object of study was the regeneration of Pharbitis nil by direct and indirect organogenesis. From fragments of roots, cotyledons, hypocotyls and epicotyls on Murashige and Skoog nutrient solution (MS) supplemented with naphtalenacetic acid (NAA) or indolylacetic acid (IAA; both at 0.1 mg·dm⁻³ concentration) in the presence of benzylaminopurine (BAP), zeatin or kinetin (all at 5 mg·dm⁻³ concentration) only root organogenesis was obtained. Likewise, when using the two-step method (2 or 5 days exposure to NAA or IAA at 2 mg·dm⁻³ concentration followed by exposure to BAP or zeatin at 1 or 2 mg·dm⁻³ concentration) root organogenesis was observed in all types of explants. Moreover, shoot buds were formed on fragments of epicotyl exposed vertically in relation to the medium. However, attempts at regenerating complete plants from them failed, so did the regeneration of P. nil from callus. The roots were formed in callus cultures only.     

Molecular and chemical characterization of plants regenerated from Ri-mediated hairy root cultures of Rauwolfia serpentina

Hairy root lines were induced from leaf explants of Rauwolfia serpentina known to contain high levels of reserpine (0.0882 % DW) content. Out of five high yielding hairy root lines, three (R1, R14 and R15) exhibited spontaneous regeneration of shoots after 6–8 weeks in liquid B5 medium. Excised regenerated shoots underwent robust shoot proliferation when cultured on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with 0.1 mg/l naphthanleneacetic acid (NAA) and 1.0 mg/l 6-benzyladenine. When shoots were transferred to a root induction medium, consisting of MS basal medium and 1.0 mg/l NAA, all rooted within 2–3 weeks. Of a total of 45 plants developed from three different hairy root lines, 30 were successfully acclimatized and transferred to the green house. Almost 90 % of these plants grown in the green house showed no observed phenotypic differences, while 10 % were stunted and grew poorly, in comparison to non-transformed plants. Phenotypic assessment of regenerated plants for plant length, number of nodes and intermodal lengths, number of leaves per node, leaf color, leaf size, number of flowering shoots, flower size, fruit size, lateral root branching and root biomass was conducted. Polymerase chain reaction and Southern blot hybridization revealed that all plants derived from hairy roots carried the Ri T_L-DNA fragment. Moreover for plants derived from transgenic hairy root line R14, presence of more than a single transgene copy number was observed, and this might have contributed to observed abnormal phenotypes. Analysis of reserpine content revealed that roots of regenerated plants had similar levels (0.0889 % DW) to those of their corresponding hairy roots.     

Shoot Organogenesis from Immature Zygotic Embryo Cultures of Ginkgo biloba

Immature zygotic embryos were cultured on Murashige and Skoog's medium (MS) supplemented with various combinations of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA), benzyladenine (BA) and zeatin or with various concentrations of 2,4-D alone. The maximum number (8 per embryo) of adventitious buds formed from cotyledons of heart stage embryos cultured on MS medium with 1 mg dm⁻³ BA and 0.01 mg dm⁻³ NAA. The adventitious buds originated from procambial strands of immature embryo cotyledons and then developed into adventitious bud primordia within 20 d. Adventitious buds transferred to hormone free MS medium grew into shoots, but did not produce plantlets because the shoots failed to root. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

火龙果愈伤组织诱导与植株再生

为了建立火龙果愈伤组织诱导与植株再生体系,以火龙果茎段、幼苗和子叶为外植体进行离体培养试验。结果表明：茎段诱导愈伤组织的最优培养基为1／2MS＋2,4-D2．0mg·L^-1＋6-BAO．5mg·L^-1,诱导子叶愈伤组织的最适培养基是1／2MS＋2,4-D2．0mg·L^-1＋6-BA1．0mg·L^-1,诱导愈伤组织分化的最优培养基为1／2MS＋6-BA4．0mg·L^-1＋NAA0．5mg·L^-1,最佳生根培养基为1／2MS＋6．BA1mg·L^-1＋NAA0-3mg·L^-1。     

In vitro flowering and pod formation from cotyledons of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.)

Summary The response of groundnut cotyledons to the presence of various growth regulators in concentrations from 0.1 to 5 mg/l has been studied in detail using several genotypes of groundnut on two different media. Cotyledons with embryo axis, cultured on Blaydes' medium with cytokinins, produced shoots, in the axils of which 2–7 flower buds could be seen. The frequency of flower bud induction in general increased with increasing concentrations of cytokinins, the optimal levels being 3 mg/l of KN or 4 mg/l of BAP. Cotyledons without embryo axis, cultured on Blaydes' medium with BAP (0.5 mg/l), produced a cluster of flower buds directly, ranging in number from 8–28, without any vegetative growth. Excised embryo axes cultured on the same medium gave plantlets without flower buds. The growth regulators IAA, NAA, GA₃ and ABA failed to induce flower buds in independent treatments. However, lower concentrations of IAA and NAA in combination with cytokinins exerted a positive influence on flowering. The blooming of the flower buds was facilitated on media supplemented with low concentrations of cytokinins. Six percent of the induced flowers resulted in gynophore development and ultimately formed pods when cultured under complete dark conditions in modified MS medium supplemented with kinetin.     

Regeneration of plantlets from the callus of stem segments of adult plants of Ficus religiosa L.

Stem segments of adult plants of Ficus religiosa L. cultured on MS medium containing 1.0 mg/l 2,4-D produced callus. Shoots were regenerated when the induced calli were transferred to medium supplemented with 0.05 to 2.0 mg/l BAP. Callus derived shoots produced roots and developed into plantlets when transferred to medium supplemented with 1.0 mg/l NAA.Abbreviations MS Murashige and Skoog (1962) - BAP 6-benzylaminopurine - NAA naphthaleneacetic acid - 2,4-D 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">In vitro</Emphasis> propagation of an endangered plant species, <Emphasis Type="Italic">Thermopsis turcica</Emphasis> (Fabaceae)

This report deals with micropropagation of the critically endangered and endemic Turkish shrub, Thermopsis turcica using callus, root and cotyledonary explants. Callus cultures were initiated from root and cotyledon explants on MS medium supplemented with 0.5–20 μM NAA or 2,4-D. The root explants were found to be better in terms of quick responding and callusing percentages as compared to the cotyledons. Organogenic callus production with adventitious roots and shoots were obtained on MS medium with only NAA. The calli obtained with NAA, root and cotyledonary explants were cultured with BA and kinetin (2–8 μM) alone or in combination with a low level (0.5 μM) of 2,4-D or NAA. The best regeneration of shoots from root explants was observed on hormone-free MS medium. NAA with BA or kinetin in the medium improved shoot induction from the calli obtained with NAA. Maximum percentage of shoots (93.3%), maximum number of shoots (6.2) and maximun length of shoots (8.22 cm) were achieved from cotyledonary explants at 4 μM BA and 0.5 μM NAA. The presence of 0.5 μM or higher levels of 2,4-D in shoot induction medium inhibited the regeneration in T. turcica explants. 83% of in vitro rooting was attained on pulsed-IBA treated shoots. The regenerated plants with well developed shoots and roots were successfully acclimatized. Application of this study’s results has the potential to conserve T. turcica from extinction.     

Phenylacetic acid improves bud elongation and in vitro plant regeneration efficiency in Capsicum annuum L.

 A highly efficient three-stage protocol for the regeneration of chilli pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) from cotyledon explants was developed. This protocol used PAA in both the shoot-bud induction medium and the medium for elongation of the shoot buds. A superior medium for the induction of buds from the cotyledons was MS medium supplemented with BA (5 or 7 mg/l) + PAA (2 mg/l). Buds were elongated during the second stage on medium containing BA (2 or 5 mg/l) + PAA (2 mg/l). On this medium most of the buds elongated, and their number also increased due to the formation of new buds; bud elongation was achieved in 100% of the cultures provided the buds were induced in the primary stage on a medium supplemented with BA+PAA. The shoots that elongated in the second-stage rooted at 100% frequency on a medium supplemented with NAA (1 mg/l). The complete plantlets with well-developed root and shoot systems were transferred to field conditions where they grew to maturity, flowered and fruited normally. While shoot-bud induction from the cultured cotyledons was also observed on media supplemented with BA (5 or 7 mg/l) alone or in combination with IAA (0.2–2 mg/l), buds induced on these media were often distorted, with most not developing into normal shoots in the second-stage subculturing; a rosette of buds was seen in the second stage subculturing. On the other hand, PAA in combination with BA in the primary induction medium and second-stage medium promoted normal development and the elongation of shoot buds. Received: 28 July 1998 / Revision received: 22 December 1998 / Accepted: 19 February 1999     

Hernandulcin in hairy root cultures of Lippia dulcis

The hairy root culture of Lippia dulcis Trev., Verbenaceae, was established by transformation with Agrobacterium rhizogenes A4. The transformed roots grew well in Murashige and Skoog medium containing 2% sucrose. The roots turned light green when they were cultured under 16 h/day light. The green hairy roots produced the sweet sesquiterpene hernandulcin (ca. 0.25 mg/g dry wt) together with 20 other mono- and sesquiterpenes, while no terpenes were detected in the nontransformed root cultures. The growth and hernandulcin production in the hairy root cultures were influenced by the addition of auxins to the medium. The addition of a low concentration of chitosan (0.2 – 10.0 mg / l) enhanced the production of hernandulcin 5-fold.Abbreviations Cht chitosan - IAA indole-3-acetic acid - NAA 1-naphthaleneacetic acid - 2,4-D 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid - MS Murashige and Skoog(1962)