Priming biotic factors for optimal protocorm-like body and callus induction
in hybrid Cymbidium (Orchidaceae), and assessment of cytogenetic stability
in regenerated plantlets |
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Authors: | Jaime A Teixeira da Silva Nisha Singh Michio Tanaka |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Horticultural Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, 761-0795, Miki-cho, Kagawa, Japan;(2) Department of Botany, School of Biological and Conservation Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X54001, 4000 Durban, South Africa |
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Abstract: | Protocorm-like bodies (PLBs) and callus were induced in epiphytic hybrid Cymbidium Twilight Moon ‘Day Light’, where induction capacity was strongly explant dependent. Following the use of various explant
sources (PLB, leaf tip or base, root tip or base, cell and tissue ‘suspension’), highest PLB formation and callus induction
occurred when we used whole PLBs, PLB segments or PLB transverse thin cell layers (tTCLs) or longitudinal TCLs (lTCLs). Plantlet
growth and photosynthetic state from whole or bisected PLBs, as well as from tTCLs were not significantly different, after
analysis of chlorophyll content. However plantlets generated from lTCLs showed lower values for growth and photosynthetic
parameters. All resultant plants were shown to be cytogenetically identical using RAPD and mtDNA analysis despite cytological
variation and endopolyploidy occuring between different plant parts. Acclimatization and survival rate was shown to be 100%
in the generated plants. |
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Keywords: | endopolyploidy explant source flow cytometry RAPD thin cell layer |
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