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PLANT CELL TISSUE AND ORGAN CULTURE
Volume 93, Issue 3, Pages 269-282Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-008-9373-1
Keywords
microspore embryo induction; androgenesis; embryo conversion; colchicine treatment; DH production
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Three Indian Brassica juncea cultivars were studied for embryogenic response of microspores, microspore embryo regeneration, ploidy assessment of microspore-derived plants and their diploidization. Genotype dependence for microspore totipotency was observed and a significant effect of genotype by bud size selection was established. The addition of activated charcoal in NLN medium containing 13% (w/v) sucrose and 10 M silver nitrate resulted in a fourfold increase in microspore embryogenesis, ranging from 100 to 405 embryos per Petri dish corresponding to 2,700-10,935 embryos per 100 buds. Conversion/germination of embryos produced in presence or absence of activated charcoal was similar but air-drying of microspore embryos was essential. Incubation of microspore embryos at 4 +/- 1 degrees C for 10 days in dark resulted in 82.3% conversion. The majority of plants produced from these embryos was haploid. Treating microspore-derived plants at the 3-4 leaf growth stage with 0.34% colchicine for 2-3 h resulted in greatest survival (70%) and chromosome doubling (75%) frequencies. Doubled haploid plants were self-pollinated and grown to maturity under field conditions.
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