Photosynthetic characteristics of photoautotrophically grown tobacco callus cells |
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Authors: | Berlyn M B Zelitch I Beaudette P D |
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Affiliation: | Department of Biochemistry, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, Connecticut 06504. |
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Abstract: | Haploid callus cells of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) were grown photoautotrophically on a solid agar medium in the absence of sucrose in Petri plates in an atmosphere of 1% or 3% CO2 in air. The averages of dry weight increases for four to five consecutive passages were 2.3- to 3.6-fold per 3-week passage for different subclones. Photosynthetic 14CO2 assimilation was maximum at about 1% CO2 with half-maximal rates obtained at 0.2% CO2. At saturating CO2 concentration the average rate of CO2 fixation was about 5 μmole per gram fresh weight per hour or about 125 μmole per mg of chlorophyll per hour. |
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