Scanning electron microscopy of shoot differentiationin vitro from leaf explants of the African violet |
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| Authors: | Shizuka Ohki |
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| Institution: | (1) Laboratory of Horticulture, Fukui Prefectural College, 97-21-2 Obtake-cho, 910 Fukui, Japan;(2) Present address: Department of Bioscience, Fukui Prefectural University, 4-1-1 Kenjyojima, Matsuoka-cho, Yoshida-gun, 910-11 Fukui, Japan |
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| Abstract: | The shoot differentiation process from leaf explants ofSaintpaulia ionantha Wendl.  Gypsy Trail culturedin vitro was investigated via scanning electron microscopy. From 16 combinations of  -naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA) and 6-benzyladenine (BA), the optimum concentration for direct shoot formation without callus formation for the cultivar tested was estimated as 0.5  M NAA and 0.5M BA. The first cell divisions were observed after 5 days, in culture and were restricted to cells adjacent to the basal cells of glandular hairs. Meristematic domes were formed after 15 days and were investigated at 20 days. The origin of shoot formation was restricted to epidermal cells adjacent to basal cells of glandular hairs. |
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| Keywords: | epidermal cell Saintpaulia ionantha SEM |
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