Plant regeneration of Chorispora bungeana via somatic embryogenesis

Author： Wang Jianhui An Lizhe Wang Ruoyu Yang Daqun Si Jing Fu Xuanying Chang Jianfeng Xu Shijian

ISSN： 1475-2689

Source： In Vitro Cellular and Development Biology - Plant, Vol.42, Iss.2, 2006-03, pp. : 148-151

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Abstract

A method was developed for in vitro regeneration of plants via somatic embryogenesis in Chorispora bungeana, an alpine plant with freeze-tolerance, using cell suspensions initiated from leaf-derived callus. Primary calli were induced from leaves of C. bungeana grown on Murashige and Skoog (MS) media supplemented with 4.0 mg l⁻¹ gibberellic acid (GA₃), 0.2 mgl⁻¹ α-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA) and 0.2 mgl⁻¹ 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D). Suspension culture was initiated by incubating the callus particulates in liquid MS medium supplemented with 1.0 mgl⁻¹ kinetin (KT) and 0.2 mgl⁻¹ NAA. Individual early cotyledonary-stage somatic embryos isolated from cell suspension developed into whole plants on medium containing high levels of sucrose (60 and 90 gl⁻¹), whereas lower sucrose concentrations (0 and 30 gl⁻¹) were inhibitory to main root development. On the MS medium with 90 gl⁻¹ sucrose, one regenerated plant exhibited hetero-morphologic leaves, while other plants grown on different media showed a transformation from stem to root.