Selection and characterization of an L-thiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid resistant callus culture of Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek var. radiata |
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Authors: | Vinod Kumar and D R Sharma |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Genetics, Haryana Agricultural University, 125 004 Hisar, India;(2) Present address: Department of Biotechnology, Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, 173 230 Solan, India |
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Abstract: | Callus cultures were established from seedling root tips of mungbean (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek var. radiata) cv. K 851. The growing calli were exposed to increasing concentrations of thioproline — an analog of proline, in the medium. A concentration of 3.0 mM thioproline completely inhibited the growth of the cells. However, after 25 days incubation 5 cell clones were obtained which could grow on this concentration of thioproline. Out of them one vigorously growing cell clone was further characterized. This selected clone contained higher endogenous levels of free proline (5 fold) and K+ (1.5 fold) and exhibited elevated tolerance, not only to thioproline but also to exogenously applied NaCl in the growth medium, as compared to the normal sensitive callus cells. Higher endogenous levels of free proline and K+ appear to impart dual resistance to thioproline and NaCl to the selected cell strain. |
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Keywords: | Callus cultures thioproline resistance K+ Na+ proline mungbean |
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