Analysis of nuclear DNA content, genetic stability, Bacoside A quantity and antioxidant potential of long term in vitro grown germplasm lines of Bacopa monnieri (L.)

2014 ◽  
Vol 120 (1) ◽  
pp. 399-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muthiah Joe Virgin Largia ◽  
Jayabalan Shilpha ◽  
Govindan Pothiraj ◽  
Manikandan Ramesh
2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Diego Pandeló José ◽  
José Marcello Salabert De Campos ◽  
Lyderson Facio Viccini ◽  
Emilly Ruas Alkimim ◽  
Marcelo De Oliveira Santos

Lippia lacunosa is a Brazilian savanna plant that belongs to the Verbenaceae family. It has been used in folk medicine as a treatment for different diseases. This species represents an endangered Brazilian medicinal plant, and this is the first report documenting a reliable protocol for the in vitro propagation and regeneration of L. lacunosa. Axenic explants were cultivated in MS medium containing different concentrations of naphthalene acetic acid (NAA) to induce root growth. The mean shoot length and the number of roots were highest with 0.06 mg·L-1 NAA. The highest number of buds in shoot regeneration was induced with 2 mg·L-1 6-benzylaminopurine (BA). To obtain a long-term culture, the dwarf shoots were elongated on MS media containing 0.5 mg·L-1 BA alternated with MS containing 2 mg·L-1 BA every 40 days. In the present protocol, the long-term shoots retained the ability to root even after long periods of BA treatment. In addition, we evaluated the nuclear DNA content and ploidy levels, including the occurrence of endopolyploidy, in long-term micropropagated plant leaves using flow cytometry analysis. The plants propagated in vitro over several years possessed nuclear DNA contents ranging from 2.940 to 3.095 pg, and no differences in DNA content were found among in vitro plants or between these plants and the control (L. lacunosa from a greenhouse with a DNA content of 3.08 pg). The flow cytometry analysis also demonstrated that there was no polyploidization. The present study will be useful for biotechnological approaches and provides the first estimate of the nuclear DNA content of this species using flow cytometry.


Zygote ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola J. Winston ◽  
Martin H. Johnson ◽  
Peter R. Braude

SummaryThe nuclear DNA content of intact, live or fixed, human and mouse oocytes and blastomeres has been measured rapidly and reliably. Chromosomal DNA has been stained with DAPI, the fluorescent emission from which has been measured photocytometrically.In vitrofertilised mouse oocytes and embryos at various stages of development were assessed for their DNA content. The mean values of 1C, 2C and 4C DNA content were clearly different, and it was possible to assign correctly individual values for DNA content to each class with 92%, 61% and 81% confidence respectively. Maintaining the cells as whole mounts allowed other morphological and structural features to be examined. When formation of multiple micronuclei was induced in mouse oocytes by their insemination in the presence of nocodazole, the additive signal from all the micronuclei in one zygote was equivalent to the expected DNA content. Application to early human blastomeres of this photocytometric technique for measurement of the total cellular DNA content revealed that multinucleated blastomeres contained 2C to 4C DNA levels, consistent with a diploid DNA content.


1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Narender S. Nehra ◽  
Kutty K. Kartha ◽  
Cecil Stushnoff

Callus cultures of strawberry cv. Redcoat (2n = 8x = 56) initiated from greenhouse and in vitro leaf explants were examined at various culture periods for morphogenic response, changes in nuclear DNA content, and isozyme banding patterns of four enzymes. The flow cytometric analysis of nuclear DNA content revealed the occurrence of polyploid and aneuploid changes as a function of ageing of callus cultures. The calli initiated from in vitro leaf explants were more prone to such changes than those initiated from greenhouse leaf explants. The in vitro morphogenic ability of callus cultures was affected by the ploidy changes, but the latter were not the only cause for loss in regeneration potential of long-term callus cultures. The isozyme phenotypes of esterase, phosphoglucomutase, phosphoglucoisomerase, and leucine aminopeptidase did not change with the chromosomal variation in callus cultures. Key words: strawberry, Fragaria × ananassa, callus culture, flow cytometry, nuclear DNA content, isozyme.


2008 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Makowczyńska ◽  
Emilia Andrzejewska-Golec ◽  
Elwira Sliwinska

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huseyin Inceer ◽  
Mustafa Cuce ◽  
Kemal Vehbi Imamoglu ◽  
Tugba Ergin ◽  
Ali Omer Ucler

Abstract Tripleurospermum insularum Inceer & Hayirlioglu-Ayaz (Asteraceae) is a critically endangered endemic species in Turkey that is face the risk of extinction as a result of the fragmentation of its habitat as well as overgrazing and trampling of its natural population. However, the protocol for micropropagation of this threatened species has not been developed yet. Here, its regeneration ability on MS media supplemented with different plant growth regulators were evaluated using nodal segments. The higher number and length of shoot per explant was achieved with the addition 4.6 µM ZEA and 0.5 µM IAA to the culture medium. Besides, the highest node number of shoot per explant was obtained from MS medium supplemented with 4.6 µM ZEA and 0.5 µM IBA. Flow cytometric analysis also revealed that most of the in vitro developed shoots of T. insularum possessed similar nuclear DNA content as well as ploidy level as initial material and plants from natural population. In vitro rooting of shoots was achieved at 100 % efficiency containing 2.9 µM IAA. Rooted and well-developed plantlets were initially acclimatized under greenhouse conditions and then moved to the botanical garden, where they matured and flowered. Finally, 76% and 74% survivals were achieved during the acclimatization process, respectively. This is the first report of a successfully developed micropropagation protocol of threatened T. insularum for its ex situ conservation.


Plant Science ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Castorena Sanchez ◽  
L. Natali ◽  
A. Cavallin

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