In vitro plantlet regeneration of Ocotea catharinensis,an endangered Brazilian hardwood forest tree |
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Authors: | P. H. Moura-Costa A. M. Viana S. H. Mantell |
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Affiliation: | (1) Unit for Advanced Propagation Systems, Department of Agriculture, Horticulture and the Environment, Wye College, University of London, Wye, TN25 5AH Ashford, Kent, UK;(2) Horto Botânico, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, CEP 88000 Florianópolis, SC, Brazil |
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Abstract: | A successful system of somatic embryogenesis is described for the forest tree Ocotea catharinensis Mez., which used mature zygotic embryo explants cultured on a modified Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium with activated charcoal, at 25°C in the dark. A medium composed of MS supplemented with 2% (w/v) sucrose, 0.3% (w/v) activated charcoal (AC), 362 M 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-d) and 0.8% (w/v) Technical Agar Grade III was used for multiplication of embryogenic cultures. Development up to the globular-stage was achieved using Lloyd and McCown woody plant medium (WPM) with 2.0% sucrose, 0.3% AC, 181 M 2,4-d and 0.8% Technical Agar Grade III. Significant effects of media pH on differentiation of early pro-embryogenic Ocotea cell aggregates were found. Low pH of media (ca. 3–4) appeared to prevent differentiation of proembryogenic cell aggregates whereas higher pH levels (ca. 5–5.5) favoured the formation of globular structures. Once globular structures formed, they developed further to form cotyledonary somatic embryos, under the same set of culture conditions. Successful conversion of these somatic embryos to plantlets was achieved after culture on a medium composed of 1/2-strength WPM (minerals only) with 2% sucrose, 0.3% AC, 0.8% Technical Agar Grade III and 90.5 M 2,4-d, followed by transfer to a medium composed of 1/2-strength WPM (minerals only) with 2% sucrose, 0.8% Technical Agar Grade III and 0.905 M 2,4-d and 1.4 M gibberellic acid, in a 16-h photoperiod regime. |
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Keywords: | cell aggregate differentiation Lauraceae pH effects somatic embryogenesis |
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