Somatic embryogenesis from vegetative shoot apices of mature trees of Pinus patula

Embryogenic cultures were initiated and established from apical shoots of mature trees of three genotypes of Pinus patula Scheide et Deppe. Factors affecting initiation, including cold pretreatment, basal medium composition, growth regulators and gelling agent concentration, and the effect of partial desiccation on somatic embryo maturation were investigated. Cold pretreatment of thick sections (0.5-1.0 mm) of apical shoots at 2 degrees C for 3 days on 0.3% activated charcoal induced white mucilaginous embryogenic callus on initiation medium. Subculture of this embryogenic callus on maintenance medium resulted in the formation of embryonal suspensor masses with proembryos. Partial desiccation (12-90 h) of embryogenic tissue at the proembryo stage of development, prior to transfer to maturation medium containing 9 g l(-1) Gellan gum, enhanced somatic embryo maturation and germinability. The frequency of maturation increased from 5.3 to 16.5% after 12 h of desiccation and from 16.5 to 73.8% after 24 h of desiccation, but longer periods of desiccation were ineffective.     

栓皮栎体胚的增殖、成熟和萌发

以栓皮栎实生苗叶片为外植体诱导体细胞胚胎发生,调查碳水化合物、渗透剂和植物生长调节剂对体胚增殖、成熟和萌发的影响,建立体胚增殖、成熟和萌发的培养基方案.叶片外植体在附加1.0 mg·L-1NAA和0.5mg·L-1BA的起始培养基上诱导形成前胚性团块.这些胚性团块在增殖培养基上培养6周,在附加1 mg·L-1BA、0.25 mg·L-1NAA和3%蔗糖的MS培养基上增殖效果最好.将单个体胚转接到成熟培养基上进行培养,蔗糖浓度对栓皮栎体胚成熟以及后续的萌发有显著影响.成熟培养基中附加5%的蔗糖,体胚成熟率和萌发率分别达到63.5%和33.8%.虽然在成熟培养基中附加ABA有利于体胚成熟,但对体胚的进一步萌发没有促进作用.为了提高萌发率,成熟体胚在附加植物生长调节剂的萌发培养基上进行培养,以及进行预冷处理.成熟体胚4℃冷处理没有促进胚根和上胚轴的发育萌发.在附加0.5 mg·L-1BA和0.25 mg·L-1 IBA的1/2 MS萌发培养基上,体胚萌发率达到65.9%,再生植株转化率达到9.4%.     

Polyamines in embryogenic cultures of Norway spruce (Picea abies) and red spruce (Picea rubens)

Embryogenic cultures of red spruce (Picea rubens Sarg.) and Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) were initiated from dissected mature zygotic embryos. The tissues were grown on either proliferation medium or maturation medium. On proliferation medium, the embryogenic tissue continued to produce early stage somatic embryos (organized meristems attached to elongated, suspensor-like cells), whereas on maturation medium fully mature embryos developed from the embryonic tissue. Analysis of polyamines in tissues grown on these two media showed that: (1) both putrescine and spermidine concentrations were always higher in cultures grown on proliferation medium than in cultures grown on maturation medium; (2) in both species, spermidine concentrations declined with time in the tissues grown on maturation medium; and (3) spermine was present in only minute quantities and showed only a small change with time. The presence of difluoromethylornithine in the culture medium had little effect on polyamine concentration, whereas the presence of difluoromethylarginine caused a decrease in putrescine concentrations in both red spruce and Norway spruce tissues grown on proliferation medium or maturation medium.     

培养基成分对黑松体胚发育成熟的影响

【目的】对日本抗性黑松体细胞胚成熟的影响因子进行研究,探究各因素在体细胞胚发生过程中的作用,为进一步提高体细胞胚发生的质量和数量提供理论依据。【方法】胚性细胞团在固体增殖培养基上继代生长10天,使用灭菌(75%乙醇擦拭、紫外灭菌30 min)的电子天平称量1 g胚性细胞团,采用50 mL无菌量筒(紫外灭菌30 min)量取30 mL培养液中于100 mL的三角瓶中,将1 g胚性细胞团转至100 mL的三角瓶中,手动搅拌至细胞团分散,置于90 r·min^-1摇床上,25℃黑暗培养7～8天。随后,取3 mL沉淀悬浮细胞进行继代增殖,每星期继代增殖一次至胚性细胞全部均匀散落于培养液。将继代4次的胚性细胞充分摇匀,取2 mL(鲜质量约200 mg)胚性悬浮细胞喷洒在不同组分麦芽糖(30、45、60 g·L^-1)、脱落酸(ABA)(0、5、10、20、30、50 mg·L^-1)、聚乙二醇(PEG8000)(0、50、75、100、125、150 g·L^-1)、活性炭(AC)(1、2、3 g·L^-1)、琼脂(琼脂6、8、10、12 g·L^-1,植物凝胶2、2. 5、3、3. 5 g·L^-1)以及麦芽糖、ABA、PEG 3因素的组合固体成熟培养基上。【结果】以#1337为材料的体细胞胚成熟发育过程中,麦芽糖45 g·L^-1,获得的体细胞胚数量显著增多。ABA浓度为5～20 mg·L^-1,体细胞胚数量呈显著上升趋势,ABA为20 mg·L^-1时,获得的体细胞胚最多。125 g·L^-1PEG8000为体胚发生最佳浓度; AC 2 g·L^-1时,胚性细胞形成结构完整、数量较多的成熟体胚;成熟培养基中添加琼脂粉,培养基不能凝固,植物凝胶更适合作为成熟培养基凝固剂。3 g·L^-1植物凝胶为抗性黑松体胚发育成熟的最佳浓度。在设计的9种成熟培养基组合中(胚性细胞#1337、#1537、#1637),胚性细胞产生体细胞胚最多的成熟培养基组合为麦芽糖45 g·L^-1、ABA 10 mg·L^-1、PEG8000 125 g·L^-1。在不同的麦芽糖、ABA和PEG组合中,不同无性系生产体细胞胚数量呈现出不同的变化趋势:胚性细胞系#1337体胚发育成熟的最佳组合为麦芽糖45 g·L^-1+ABA 10 mg·L^-1+PEG 125 g·L^-1;#1537和#1637体胚发育成熟的最佳组合为麦芽糖30 g·L^-1+ABA 10 mg·L^-1+PEG 125 g·L^-1;在3个无性系中PEG的极差最大,对抗性黑松体细胞胚发育成熟的影响最大。【结论】抗性黑松体胚发育成熟过程中,麦芽糖45 g·L^-1、ABA20～30 mg·L^-1、PEG8000 125 g·L^-1、AC 2 g·L^-1和植物凝胶3 g·L^-1对体细胞胚成熟都具有促进作用。30 g·L^-1麦芽糖、10 mg·L^-1ABA、125 g·L^-1PEG为抗性黑松体胚发育成熟的最佳组合。     

Improving plantlet yield in Pinus pinaster somatic embryogenesis

Abstract

Somatic embryogenesis is expected to play a significant role in the future forest tree improvement programmes. The main bottleneck of this technique is still the progression from immature embryogenic cultures to mature cotyledonary embryos able to develop properly into well-growing plants. In this work, we present an improved protocol focused on increasing the maturation and conversion rate of Pinus pinaster Ait. embryogenic cultures. Results showed that the optimisation of the nutrient composition in the maturation medium increased the number of mature embryos by 25% (187.8 embryos per gram of fresh mass in average compared to 144.5 embryos in regular medium). It was also shown that 12-month cryostorage did not reduce viability or embryogenic ability of maritime pine cultures. A further increase in the yield of the protocol could be obtained by using benzyladenine in the conversion medium, promoting the bud-break of axillary buds that yielded 5.7 shoots in average per somatic embryo. Rooting of axillary shoots reached 84.3%. This methodology offers an alternative to overcome some problems associated with low somatic embryo production since the plantlet yield could be increased fivefolds.     

Zygotic and somatic embryo morphogenesis in Pinus pinaster: comparative histological and histochemical study

We compared morphogenesis and accumulation of storage proteins and starch in Pinus pinaster Ait. zygotic embryos with those in somatic embryos grown with different carbohydrate sources. The maturation medium for somatic embryos included 80 microM abscisic acid (ABA), 9 g l(-1) gellam gum and either glucose, sucrose or maltose at 44, 88, 175 or 263 mM in the presence or absence of 6% (w/v) polyethylene glycol (PEG) 4000 MW. Maturation medium containing 44 or 88 mM of a carbohydrate source produced only one or no cotyledonary somatic embryos per 0.6 g fresh mass of culture. The addition of PEG to the basal maturation medium resulted in a low yield of cotyledonary somatic embryos that generally showed incomplete development and anatomical abnormalities such as large intercellular spaces and large vacuoles. High concentrations of maltose also induced large intercellular spaces in the somatic embryonic cells, and 263 mM sucrose produced fewer and less developed cotyledonary somatic embryos compared with 175 mM sucrose, indicating that the effect of carbohydrate source is partially osmotic. Zygotic embryos had a lower dry mass than somatic embryos at the same stage of development. Starch granules followed a similar accumulation pattern in zygotic and somatic embryos. A low starch content was found in cotyledonary zygotic embryos and in somatic embryos developed in the presence of 175 mM maltose or 263 mM glucose. In zygotic embryos and in PEG-treated somatic embryos, protein bodies appeared later and were smaller and fewer than in well-developed somatic embryos grown without PEG. We propose that storage protein concentration might be a marker of embryo quality.     

Storage lipid dynamics in somatic embryos of Norway spruce (Picea abies): histochemical and quantitative analyses

Adequate storage compounds are a prerequisite for successful development during the later stages of somatic embryogenesis; however, the critical amount of reserves below which somatic embryos fail to mature and germinate has not been determined. We analyzed storage lipids during Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) somatic embryogenesis. As maturation progressed, lipids, which were stored as lipid bodies in the cytoplasm, were localized first in suspensor cells of the early embryos, and later in the embryonic root pole, superficial layers of the hypocotyl and in cotyledons. The concentration of total lipids exhibited marked variation, with values peaking during cotyledon development and then decreasing during maturation. Linoleic (18:2), oleic (18:1), palmitic (16:0) and 5,9-octadecenic (5,9-18:2) acids were the most abundant fatty acids in embryos. As embryos developed, linoleic acid concentration increased slightly, whereas oleic acid concentration decreased. Oleic acid was the most prominent component of the fatty acid spectrum in isolated dormant zygotic embryos and megagametophytes. Addition of 5% polyethylene glycol to the medium during somatic embryo maturation caused a shift in the fatty acid spectrum toward that of zygotic embryos. During maturation, changes in the exogenous carbohydrate supply had no significant effect on total lipid concentration in mature embryos. A marked decrease in lipid concentration was detected during desiccation, indicating the importance of adequate lipid reserves during this developmental stage. The lipid content of zygotic embryos differed considerably with harvest year and location, suggesting that zygotic embryo data cannot be an indicator of somatic embryo quality.     

刺槐未成熟合子胚的体细胞胚胎发生和植株再生

以刺槐不同胚龄的未成熟合子胚为外植体,采用混合正交试验设计,研究幼胚胚龄和不同外源激素种类及质量浓度对刺槐胚性愈伤组织的诱导和体细胞胚分化、萌发的影响.结果表明:开花后8周(55天左右)是胚性愈伤组织和体胚诱导的最佳外植体取材时期;MS+2,4-D 5.0 mg·L-1 +BA0.5 mg·L-1是诱导胚性愈伤组织的最佳培养基,出愈率最高为95.42％±0.02％;MS +NAA0.5 mg·L-1 +BA0.5 mg·L-1+谷氨酰胺250 mg·L-1+水解酪蛋白500 mg·L-1是体细胞胚诱导和分化的最佳培养基,直接体细胞胚发生率最高为92.40％±0.12％,通过愈伤组织诱导体细胞胚发生的频率最高为90.73％ ±0.49％.一旦形成球形胚,将培养物转接到不含任何生长调节剂的MS培养基上,体细胞胚经成熟萌发可进一步形成完整小植株.     

Somatic embryogenesis inCephalotaxus harringtonia embryo-megagametophyte co-culture

Somatic embryogenesis was initiated fromCephalotaxus harringtonia (Forbes) K. Koch embryo culture. Explants consisted of embryo and megagametophyte halves both cut longitudinally. They were removed aseptically from mature seeds and grown together on a solid Murashige and Skoog modified medium supplemented with 5 mg·l ⁻¹ 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid. Embryogenic cultures started from callus after three or more months on the primary medium. The embryogenic callus originated from the suspensor region of the embryo. All chromosome counts made in the cells of the embryonic structures demonstrated a diploid stage, which suggest that they originated from zygotic embryo tissue. The early stages of somatic embryogenic development were achieved,i.e., formation of small clusters consisting of an embryonal region made up of isodiametric meristematic cells. A more advanced stage was reached in some cultures in which the distal embryonal end of the embryo appeared smooth and opaque. The ultrastructural characteristics of the embryos, the two types of embryo cells, embryonal and suspensor cells, as well as their contents were similar to those already reported in the case of somatic embryogenesis of other conifers.     

Pine somatic embryogenesis: analyses of seed tissue and medium to improve protocol development

The shift from vegetative to embryogenic growth requires tissue to enter a radically different program of development and can be studied in vitro through the development of somatic embryos. From an applied perspective somatic embryogenesis (SE) is expected to play an important role in increasing productivity, sustainability, and uniformity of future forests. For commercial use, SE technology must work with a variety of genetically diverse trees. Since the first reports of SE in Picea abies and Larix decidua in 1985, many different coniferous species have shown the ability to produce embryogenic tissue. However, initiation frequency is often low, many desired seed sources are recalcitrant, and culture survival is often poor, raising costs of somatic seedlings produced from successful genotypes. A number of tools are now available to improve embryogenic tissue initiation and somatic embryo development in vitro that have resulted from analytical studies of seed tissues, the seed environment and gene expression in megagametophyte, zygotic embryos and somatic embryos. Benefits have occurred from medium supplementation with hormones, plant growth regulators, hormone inhibitors and polyamines. Somatic embryo growth has been enhanced with medium supplementation of nutritional components including specific sugar types, vitamins, organic acids, and redox potential modifiers. Control of environmental factors including, water potential, pH, adsorption of medium components by activated carbon and liquid versus gelled medium have also led to SE protocol improvements. The use of analytical studies to duplicate the seed environment in vitro is improving protocol development resulting in increased initiation, improved yields and higher-quality somatic embryos.     

Maturation and plant recovery from embryogenic cells of Japanese larch: Effect of abscisic acid in relation to their morphology

Two embryogenic cell lines characterized by different morphology and color, white and red, were obtained from an immature zygotic embryo of Japanese larch (Larix leptolepis Gord.). Mature somatic embryos with cotyledons and regenerated plants were obtained from both cell lines. However optimal concentration of abscisic acid (ABA) for maturation varied depending on morphology of ECs. From the white ECs which intermingled with somatic embryos of very early stage, mature somatic embryos were induced on maturation medium containing 50 μM of ABA. On the other hand, mature somatic embryos with cotyledons were observed from the red ECs which consisted of somatic embryos of more developed stage on hormone-free medium or 0.1 μM ABA containing-medium.     

天山云杉体细胞胚的成熟及萌发条件

【目的】建立天山云杉体细胞胚成熟及萌发阶段的适宜培养条件,为该树种的体细胞胚大规模繁殖和工厂化生产提供基础。【方法】以天山云杉成熟合子胚为外植体所诱导形成的胚性愈伤组织为材料,通过14个株系、4种成熟培养基、接种量(100、150、200mg的新鲜胚性愈伤组织)、ABA浓度(1.9、3.8、7.6、19、38μmol·L^-1)等体细胞胚成熟培养条件,以及对不同起源(体细胞胚、合子胚和种子)的幼苗形态特征的比较,筛选出最优的天山云杉体细胞胚成熟与萌发条件。采用SPSS18.0等统计软件对体细胞胚进行统计分析。【结果】1)天山云杉14个株系诱导体细胞胚的结果表明,不同株系在同一成熟培养基上诱导体细胞胚的数量存在差异;其中4个株系及其接种量对体细胞胚形成数量影响的结果表明,不同株系及其接种量诱导体细胞胚的数量也存在差异,当接种量为100mg时,T36株系的体细胞胚诱导数量最高,为3470±546个,显著高于其他接种量和株系(P<0.05)。2)在4种不同成熟培养基上,均形成了成熟的体细胞胚,在1/2BLG+30g·L^-1麦芽糖培养基上形成的体细胞胚数量高于其他培养基,分别为2044个(T6株系)和2282个(T36株系),且与其他培养基差异显著(P<0.05)。3)不同ABA浓度对天山云杉体细胞胚诱导数量的影响无显著性差异(P>0.05),在ABA浓度为1.9~38μmol·L^-1时,其体细胞胚平均诱导数量为2850~2913个,其中以7.6μmol·L^-1ABA的浓度处理效果较好,平均获得2913个正常体细胞胚,高于其他处理。4)将不同起源(体细胞胚、合子胚和成熟种子)萌发的小植株进行对比,结果表明,体细胞胚和合子胚幼苗发育阶段基本一致,但合子胚的幼苗比体细胞胚的幼苗约大1倍,但二者间差异不显著(P>0.05);体细胞胚与合子胚子叶的平均数量一致,二者无显著差异(P>0.05),多数幼苗子叶数量为7~8个。【结论】天山云杉体细胞胚成熟阶段的适宜培养条件为胚性愈伤组织接种量100mg,1/2BLG培养基添加7.6μmol·L^-1的ABA及75%PEG4000、30g·L^-1麦芽糖,并添加750mg·L^-1的L-谷氨酰胺或50mg·L^-1L-天冬酰胺。不同株系在诱导体细胞胚的数量上存在差异。体细胞胚再生植株与合子胚植株在形态上相似。研究结果可为天山云杉体细胞胚的大规模繁殖和工厂化生产提供基础。     

Somatic embryo production and plant regeneration of Japanese black pine (Pinus thunbergii)

Somatic embryogenesis in Pinus thunbergii was initiated from megagametophytes containing immature zygotic embryos. Embryogenic cultures were maintained and proliferated in medium supplemented with 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and 6-benzylaminopurine. High maturation frequencies of somatic embryos were obtained on maturation media containing maltose, activated charcoal, abscisic acid, and polyethylene glycol as osmotic agent. The best result among the cell lines tested was achieved with the cell line T-205-3. More than 900 somatic embryos per petri dish, on average, were obtained after about 8 weeks of culture on maturation medium. Sixty percent of somatic embryos tested germinated after transfer to plant growth regulator-free medium and then 85% of them converted into plantlets.     

Initiation of somatic embryogenesis from immature zygotic embryos of oocarpa pine (Pinus oocarpa Schiede ex Schlectendal)

The focus of the current project was to establish somatic embryogenesis protocols for the tropical pine species Pinus oocarpa using immature zygotic embryos (ZEs) as explants. Somatic embryogenesis is best supported by mimicking natural seed-embryo developmental conditions, through a tissue culture medium formulation based on the mineral content of the seed nutritive tissue [megagametophyte (MG)]. A novel culture medium (P. oocarpa medium, PO) was tested in combination with different plant growth regulator (PGR) concentrations and compared with standard Pinus taeda media for the initiation of somatic embryogenesis from immature ZEs of P. oocarpa. Immature MGs containing immature ZEs of two mother trees were used with 12 and 8% extrusion rates for mother tree genotypes 3 and 5, respectively. In both mother trees the percentage capture was 2%. Multiplication of two captured cell lines (T5C2S01 and T5C1S12) was improved by lowering the concentrations of PGRs to 2.5 μM each 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and abscisic acid (ABA) plus 1.0 μM each 6-benzylaminopurine and kinetin. Mature somatic embryos formed on 40 μM ABA, 6% (w/v) maltose, 12% (w/v) PEG 8000 and 0.6% (w/v) Phytagel. While PO medium appeared suboptimal for somatic embryo induction, it did exhibit potential for enhanced culture proliferation and subsequent improved maturation with cell line T5C2S01, where microscopic analysis revealed better embryo morphology on PO medium than on 1250 medium. However, this enhancement was not observed with cell line T5C1S12. Germination was preceded by partial desiccation for a period of 2-3 weeks before transferring the embryos to germination medium. Germination was observed after 7 days under low light, and apical primordia slowly expanded after transfer to ex vitro conditions. To our knowledge, this is the first report on the production of somatic seedlings in P. oocarpa.     

火炬松体细胞胚胎发生和干化体细胞的氧化物酶活性(英文)

培养于附加2,4-D、BA和KT的愈伤组织诱导培养基上的火炬松成熟合子胚在培养3-9周后形成白色、半透明、有光泽的粘性愈伤组织。这类愈伤组织形成于成熟合子胚的子叶,但当用NAA或者IBA代替愈伤组织诱导培养基中的2,4-D时,它的诱导频率明显降低。这种粘性愈伤组织在分化培养基上形成体细胞胚。体细胞胚经过去50μm ABA和8.5%PEG600处理后成为耐干化胚。扫描电镜观察表明,萌发处理36小时后,耐干化胚恢复到干化处理之前的状态且大小和形态正常,而不耐干化胚不能恢复到干化处理之前的状态且表面撕裂。过氧化物酶活性的分析结果表明,耐干化胚有更高的过氧化物酶活性。耐干化胚的高过氧化物酶活性可能与催化H2O2的分解和保护体细胞胚免受氧化的伤害有关。     

花曲柳体胚发生和植株再生

以花曲柳合子胚的单片子叶为外植体成功诱导出体胚并获得再生植株。未成熟合子胚的子叶在添加400mg·L-1水解酪蛋白、0.25mg·L-16-BA、1.5mg·L-1NAA、70g.L-1蔗糖和6g·L-1琼脂的MS1/2培养基上可以成功诱导产生体胚,诱导率达到34.7%,每个外植体上体胚数量为2～9个。成熟合子胚的子叶在添加0.25mg·L-16-BA、2mg·L-1NAA的MS1/2培养基(其他成分同上)上可以成功诱导产生体胚,诱导率为10.0%。体胚在MS1/2培养基上经过成熟培养后可以正常萌发,萌发率87.6%。萌发的体胚植株在MS1/2+0.01mg·L-1NAA培养基上生长较好,具备实生幼苗的外观特征。经炼苗后的体胚苗移植到栽培基质(草炭土:蛭石:珍珠岩体积比为5:4:1)中可以正常生长,成活率为75.0%。     

High-efficiency somatic embryogenesis and morphohistology and histochemistry of somatic embryo development in Larix leptolepis Gordon

A high-efficiency somatic embryogenesis protocol of Japanese larch (Larix leptolepis Gordon) has been established in our investigation. Calli were induced from immature zygotic embryos of female cones of L. leptolepis and then subcultured regularly on to a modified Gupta and Durzan (DCR) basal medium for 5 years. Embryogenic tissues showed distinct morphological changes dur-ing somatic embryo development when they were transferred to a maturation medium supplemented with abscisic acid (ABA) com-pared with the morphology in a medium lacking ABA. Histological observations indicated that polyembryony was a characteristic feature during early embryogeny and somatic embryos at later stages showed normal histodifferentiation. In addition, histochemical analysis revealed that abundant starch granules and proteins accumulated in mature embryos, indicating that they played important roles in the development and regeneration of normal plantlets from somatic embryos on hormone-free germination media     

Regeneration of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Melia volkensii</Emphasis> Gürke (Meliaceae) through direct somatic embryogenesis

Experiments were conducted to study plant regeneration through direct somatic embryogenesis using mature zygotic embryo and cotyledonary explants from seeds of Melia volkensii stored for <3 and >12 months. Explants were cultured on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with BAP, NAA and 2,4-D (0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 mg l⁻¹) alone, and BAP (0.5, 1.0, 2.0 and 4.0 mg l⁻¹) in combination with 2,4-D or NAA (0.2 and 0.5 mg l⁻¹). After 4 weeks in culture, up to 60% of cotyledonary explants from the seeds stored for <3 months produced direct somatic embryos on BAP (0.5–4.0 mg l⁻¹) in combination with 2,4-D (0.2 mg l⁻¹). The number of somatic embryos ranged from 5 to 14 per explant in BAP (0.5 mg l⁻¹) and 2,4-D (0.2 mg l⁻¹) combination. Only 20% of cotyledonary explants from seeds stored for >12 months produced somatic embryos. Mature zygotic embryos failed to produce any somatic embryos. Subcultures of somatic embryos from cotyledonary explants of seeds stored for <3 months formed clusters of shootlets on semi solid MS and 1/2 MS media. After 6 weeks of subculture on multiplication MS media augmented with BAP (0.5 mg l⁻¹) and IAA (0.2 mg l⁻¹), 70% of the shoot tips formed 4–7 shoots per explant. Up to 33% of the multiplied shoots were rooted in MS medium supplemented with 2.0 mg l⁻¹ IBA. Plantlets developed normally into seedlings in the greenhouse.     

Somatic embryogenesis and histological analysis from zygotic embryos in Vitis vinifera L. ''Moldova''

We examined the somatic embryogenesis from and histological studies of zygotic embryos of seeds in European Grape 'Moldova' (Vitis vinifera L. 'Moldova'). Primary calli were initiated on Nitsch and Nitsch (NN) medium supplemented with 1.0mg'L-1 2,4-D and 0.5 mg'L-1 6-BA. Embryogenic calli were produced upon transfer to a NN medium with 0.5 mg-L-1 6-BA and 2 mg.L-1 NAA and somatic embryos were obtained on a half strength MS medium without plant growth regulators. During the somatic embryo germination, an addition of 1.0 mg.L-1 6-BA in the medium could accelerate somatic embryos to develop into normal plants and increase the conversion rate from 0 to 43.3%. Histological studies of embryogenic calli and somatic embryos demonstrated dy-namic changes of proteins and starch grains. The developmental processes of somatic embryos were similar to those of zygotic em-bryos, including typical epiderma, cotyledon primordium and vascular tissue.     

Somatic embryogenesis and histological analysis from zygotic embryos in Vitis vinifera L. ＇Moldova＇

We examined the somatic embryogenesis from and histological studies of zygotic embryos of seeds in European Grape 'Moldova' (Vitis vinifera L. 'Moldova'). Primary calli were initiated on Nitsch and Nitsch (NN) medium supplemented with 1.0mg'L-1 2,4-D and 0.5 mg'L-1 6-BA. Embryogenic calli were produced upon transfer to a NN medium with 0.5 mg-L-1 6-BA and 2 mg.L-1 NAA and somatic embryos were obtained on a half strength MS medium without plant growth regulators. During the somatic embryo germination, an addition of 1.0 mg.L-1 6-BA in the medium could accelerate somatic embryos to develop into normal plants and increase the conversion rate from 0 to 43.3%. Histological studies of embryogenic calli and somatic embryos demonstrated dy-namic changes of proteins and starch grains. The developmental processes of somatic embryos were similar to those of zygotic em-bryos, including typical epiderma, cotyledon primordium and vascular tissue.