Evaluation of Genetic Stability in Olive Callus-induced and Meristem-induced Shoots using Flow Cytometry and Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Techniques
Abstract BackgroundIn vitro culture of olive, as an economically valuable tree, has fundamentally genotype-dependant low micropropagation rate which need to be improved in already established cultivars, while needing to be struggled in firstly considered cultivars. Various plant tissue culture media, planting systems and growth factors were evaluated in two promissing Iranian olive cultivars ˈAminˈ and ˈMeshkatˈ plus a commercial Spanish cultivar ˈArbequinaˈ. ResultsThe results showed that in ˈAminˈ cultivar MS enriched with zeatin (4 mg/L), in ˈArbequinaˈ cultivar OM enriched with zeatin (1 mg/L) and in ˈMeshkatˈ cultivar OM and MS enriched with zeatin (2 mg/L) produced reasonably healthier in vitro plantlets. The results indicated that using Periodical Mini Bioreactor (PMB) system in the presence of VS medium in ˈAminˈ cultivar resulted in growth indicies amelioration compared to semi-solid media. Regarding carbon sources and light intensities, mannitol and 2000 cd·sr·m-² greatly enhancedˈArbequinaˈ growth indices. The genetic stability of callus induced shoots (CIS) was compared with meristem induced shoots (MIS) using Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) marker and flow cytometery (FCM). The results revealed that 2C DNA value assessed by partec FCM was mostly depended on the cultivars rather than the origin of generation -callus or meristem-. The AFLP results also showed that the cultivars were classified regardless of the micropropagation origin (CIS or MIS), except for ˈArbequinaˈ. However, ˈArbequinaˈ CIS and MIS still had 62- 80% of genetic similarity with three other categories and the highest resemblance (97%) was seen with MIS of ˈAminˈ cultivar. ConclusionsBriefly,olive in vitro propagation optimization co-produced large volume and percent of calli resulting in more undesired indirect organogenesis. True to typeness of CIS was assessed showing that no changes in DNA amount occurred. Nonetheless, in phylogenetic analysis cultivars were clustered separately even some discrepancies were seen in ˈArbequinaˈ MIS and CIS, however, ˈAminˈ and ˈMeshkatˈ cultivars were more stable in clustering.