Organogenesis, direct somatic embryogenesis, and shoot proliferation of Rheum spiciforme Royle: an endemic and vulnerable medicinal herb from Indian Trans Himalayas

Having produced the embryos of cactusCopiapoa tenuissimaRitt. formamonstruosaat the globular stage and callus, we investigated the effect of abscisic acid (ABA) in the following concentrations: 0, 0.1, 1, 10, and 100 μM on successive stages of direct (DSE) and indirect somatic embryogenesis (ISE). In the indirect somatic embryogenesis process we also investigated a combined effect of ABA (0, 0.1, 1 μM) and sucrose (1, 3, 5%). The results showed that a low concentration of ABA (0-1 μM) stimulates the elongation of embryos at the globular stage and the number of correct embryos in direct somatic embryogenesis, while a high ABA concentration (10–100 μM) results in growth inhibition and turgor pressure loss of somatic embryos. The indirect somatic embryogenesis study in this cactus suggests that lower ABA concentrations enhance the increase in calli fresh weight, while a high concentration of 10 μM ABA or more changes calli color and decreases its proliferation rate. However, in the case of indirect somatic embryogenesis, ABA had no effect on the number of somatic embryos and their maturation. Nevertheless, we found a positive effect of sucrose concentration for both the number of somatic embryos and the increase in calli fresh weight.

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In Vitro Micropropagation of the Medicinal Plant Physalis angulata L.

Notulae Scientia Biologicae ◽

10.15835/nsb829817 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 161-163

Author(s):

Owk ANIEL KUMAR ◽

Songa RAMESH ◽

Sape SUBBA TATA

Keyword(s):

Large Scale ◽

Leaf Disc ◽

Basal Medium ◽

Shoot Proliferation ◽

Shoot Multiplication ◽

Medicinal Herb ◽

Root Induction ◽

Survival Percentage ◽

Physalis Angulata

Physalis angulata L. is an important medicinal herb. An efficient direct adventitious plant regeneration protocol was developed for large scale propagation using leaf disc as explants. The explants were cultured on MS basal medium supplemented with 0.25-3.0 mg/L 6-benzyl amino purine (BAP) for primary shoot proliferation. Inclusion of indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) and gibberellic acid (GA3) in the culture medium along with BAP promoted a higher rate of shoot multiplication. The maximum number of shoots was produced in MS + BAP (1.0 mg/L) + IAA (0.5 mg/L) + GA3 (0.20 mg/L) after the third subculture. An average of 152.8 ± 0.40 shoots were produced from each leaf disc. For root induction the shootlets were transferred to MS medium supplemented with different concentrations of indole-3-butyric acid (IBA). The highest percentage of root induction was observed in 1.0 mg/L (IBA). Rooted plants were successfully established in the soil after hardening. The survival percentage of rooted plants on soil was found to be 85%. This result will facilitate the conservation and propagation of the important medicinal herb Physalis angulata L.

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Production ofAgrobacterium-mediated transgenic fertile plants by direct somatic embryogenesis from immature zygotic embryos ofDatura innoxia

Plant Molecular Biology ◽

10.1007/bf00014673 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 25 (6) ◽

pp. 995-1009 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Corinne Ducrocq ◽

Rajbir S. Sangwan ◽

Brigitte S. Sangwan-Norreel

Keyword(s):

Somatic Embryogenesis ◽

Direct Somatic Embryogenesis ◽

Zygotic Embryos ◽

Immature Zygotic Embryos

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The effect of auxin 2,4-D and cytokinin 2-ip on direct somatic embryogenesis formation of Coffea arabica L. leaf explant

Pelita Perkebunan (a Coffee and Cocoa Research Journal) ◽

10.22302/iccri.jur.pelitaperkebunan.v27i2.146 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 27 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Rina Arimarsetiowati

Keyword(s):

Tissue Culture ◽

Somatic Embryogenesis ◽

Coffea Arabica ◽

Callus Formation ◽

Culture Technique ◽

Plant Production ◽

Direct Somatic Embryogenesis ◽

Arabica Coffee ◽

Randomized Design ◽

Coffea Arabica L

One of the propagation technique for coffee plant production is tissue culture. Tissue culture technique for Coffea arabica L. faces some problems, mainly in the planlet formation regenerated from explants. The objective of this experiment was to examine the effect 2,4-D and 2-ip combination on the formation of direct somatic embryogenesis of Coffea arabica L. in leaves explant. Auxin (2,4-D) and cytokinin (2-ip) concentrations of, respectively, 1; 5 µM and 5; 10; 15; 20 were used as treatments. This research was conducted using completely randomized design with 10 replications. Observation to induce somatic embryos was done by quantitatively on number of callus from explant and number of embryogenic callus. Beside that, observation by qualitative descriptive was also done on deve lopment of embryogenesis. The results showed that Arabica coffee leaves explant of AS 2K clones could be induced in all medium combination except 5µM 2,4-D and 20µM 2-ip combination. Arabica coffee leaves explant of S 795, Sigararutang and AS 1 varieties could be induced in all medium combination. The highest frequency of callus formation was found in AS 2K, Sigararutang and AS 1 varieties on medium containing 1µM 2,4-D in combination with 10µM 2-ip, whereas for the S 795 variety on medium containing 5µM 2,4-D in combination with 10µM 2-ip. The highest frequency of embriogenic callus in all Arabica coffee variety could be reached on medium containing 5µM 2,4-D in combination with 15µM 2-ip. Key words : Coffea arabica L., somatic embryogenesis, 2,4-D, 2-ip, tissue culture, leaves, callus embryogenic.

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