Growth regulators affect primary and secondary somatic embryogenesis in Madagaskar periwinkle (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Catharanthus roseus</Emphasis> (L.) G. Don) at morphological and biochemical levels |
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Authors: | A Junaid A Mujib M P Sharma Wei Tang |
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Institution: | (1) Cellular Differentiation and Molecular Genetics Section, Department of Botany, Hamdard University, New Delhi, 110 062, India;(2) Department of Biology, Howell Science Complex, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858-4353, USA |
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Abstract: | An efficient somatic embryogenesis system has been established in Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don in which primary and secondary embryogenic calluses were developed from hypocotyls and primary cotyledonary somatic
embryos (PCSEs), respectively. Two types of calluses were different in morphology and growth behaviour. Hypocotyl-derived
embryogenic callus (HEC) was friable and fast-growing, while secondary callus derived from PCSE was compact and slow-growing.
HEC differentiated into somatic embryos which proliferated quickly on medium supplemented with NAA (1.0 mg l−1) and BA (1.5 mg l−1). Although differentiation and proliferation of somatic embryos were faster in primary HEC, maturation and germination efficiency
were better in somatic embryos developed from primary cotyledonary somatic embryo-derived secondary embryogenic callus (PCSEC).
At the biochemical level, two somatic embryogenesis systems were different. Both primary and secondary/adventive somatic embryogenesis
and the role of plant growth regulators in two modes of somatic embryo formation have been discussed. |
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Keywords: | Amino acid Catharanthus roseus Protein Somatic embryogenesis Sugars |
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