An efficient regeneration system via direct and indirect somatic embryogenesis for the medicinal tree <Emphasis Type="Italic">Murraya koenigii</Emphasis> |
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Authors: | S Paul A Dam A Bhattacharyya T K Bandyopadhyay |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, West Bengal, 741235, India;(2) Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700019, India; |
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Abstract: | A reproducible protocol for direct and indirect somatic embryogenesis was established in a small aromatic tree, Murraya koenigii. Embryogenic callus was obtained from 90% zygotic embryonic axis (ZE) and 70% cotyledon (COT) explants in Murashige and Skoog
(MS) basal medium supplemented with 8.88 μM 6-benzyladenine (BA) and 2.675 μM α-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA). Globular somatic
embryos were induced and further matured from such embryogenic callus by subsequent culture on the same basal media containing
thidiazuron (TDZ) (2.27–9.08 μM). The highest frequency of somatic embryos (14.58 ± 0.42) was recovered from ZE-derived callus
after 6 weeks. The age and type of explant and concentration of TDZ played an important role in the development of somatic
embryos. Explants excised from 60-day-old seed differentiated from 96.67% of ZE explants and 86.67% from COT explants when
cultured on MS basal medium supplemented with 4.54 and 9.08 μM TDZ, respectively, after 4 weeks. The best result obtained
for the average frequency of somatic embryos (11.28 ± 0.32) was from ZE explants, which was significantly higher than COT
explants (7.34 ± 0.97). Most of the somatic embryos (above 95%), irrespective of their origin, germinated after 4 weeks in
1/2 MS basal media containing 2.32 μM kinetin (KN) and 1.07 μM NAA. Well-rooted plantlets were successfully acclimatized.
Histological analysis and scanning electron micrographs confirmed the initiation, development, and germination of somatic
embryos from both explants. |
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