Bulb organogenesis of Tulipa tarda in vitro cultures in relation to light environment

Here organogenesis of tarda tulip (Tulipa tarda Stapf.) from callus explants is presented. The callus tissue was cultivated on MS media containing 3% or 6% sucrose and either no addition of BAP (6-benzyl-aminopurine) or supplemented with 0.5 μM BAP. The cultures were maintained under a 16?h photoperiod under white, red or blue fluorescent light, at 20?±?2°C for 12 weeks. This study aimed to determine the most suitable light conditions and medium composition for seed-derived callus explants in order to obtain an efficient formation of adventitious bulbs. There were no differences between the spectra of light in differentiating adventitious bulbs. Explants cultured in darkness (control), on 0.5?µM BAP and 3% sucrose, formed the highest number of adventitious bulbs. The efficiency of adventitious organogenesis amounted to 36.6 bulbs per 1?g of callus tissue. The fresh weight of biomass, cultured in these conditions, increased within 12 weeks from 1 to 6.99?g. Supplementation with BAP of the medium containing 3% sucrose promoted the formation of bulbs, but in the case of the medium with 6% sucrose, BAP had an adverse influence under every type of light. The obtained results provide a useful protocol for the micropropagation of T. tarda, which can be used commercially for rapid and cost-effective production of the tulip.     

Potential,constraints and applications of in vitro methods in improving grain legumes

Grain legumes, the important constituents of sustainability‐based cropping systems and energy‐limited vegetarian diets have long been the subject of scientific research. Tremendous technological strides were made in the so‐called orphan crops, in terms of both varietal improvement and generation of basic information. Despite recalcitrancy and high genotype dependency, in vitro culture techniques such as organogenesis, in vitro mutagenesis, embryo rescue and in vitro gene transfer have been deployed for improvement of several grain legumes and these played an important role in introgression of desirable genes from related and distant species and creation of additional genetic variability. Stable and reproducible regeneration protocols resulted in the development of genetically modified chickpea, pigeon pea, cowpea, mungbean, etc., while embryo rescue was deployed successfully for recovery of interspecific recombinants, a few of them exploited for the development of commercial cultivars. Nevertheless, doubled haploidy witnessed limited success and protoplast regeneration and in vitro mutagenesis remained of academic interest. The present review focuses on the progress, achievements, constraints and perspectives of using in vitro technology in grain legume improvement.     

金樱子(Rosa laevigata Michx.)叶片直接再生不定芽体系的建立

以金樱子组培苗的划伤叶片为外植体,研究了不同植物生长调节剂配比组合、暗培养时间、添加物L-脯氨酸、叶片不同部位对不定芽直接再生的影响。结果表明:当TDZ浓度为1.5 mg·L^-1、NAA浓度为0.000 5 mg·L^-1时,不定芽直接发生率最高,为9.5%;不同暗培养时间对不定芽直接诱导具有一定影响,暗培养时间为10 d时不定芽的直接发生率最高,为10.5%;添加了不同浓度的L-脯氨酸后不定芽的诱导率不增反降,所以以不添加L-脯氨酸为宜;叶片不同部位的再生率比较中,仅带叶叶柄可直接诱导出不定芽。综上所述,叶片直接再生不定芽的诱导方法是,以金樱子带叶叶柄为外植体,在直接诱导培养基上1/2MS+TDA 1.5 mg·L^-1+NAA 0.000 5 mg·L^-1+CH 100 mg·L^-1+AgNO3 10 mg·L^-1+蔗糖30 g·L^-1+琼脂7.5 g·L^-1,暗培养10 d后,转至正常光周期下培养3周左右,不定芽诱导率最高,为10.5%。所得不定芽在增殖培养基MS+NAA 0.1 mg·L^-1+6-BA 1.0 mg·L^-1生长3周后,增殖系数可达到3.5左右;将丛生芽切割成单芽后转入不含任何激素的MS培养基壮苗3周,幼苗可长高至3~5 cm;再转入MS+NAA 0.1 mg·L^-1培养基中生根,1个月后生根率达95%。     

文心兰花梗外植体形态建成初步研究

通过对文心兰花梗外植体的诱导培养及其形态建成途径观察研究发现,外植体通过不定芽（器官型）和愈伤组织成芽（器官发生型）以及PLB途径,最终发育形成完整植株。     

Lens formation in the absence of optic cup in rat embryos irradiated with soft X-ray

In order to investigate the effect of soft X-ray irradiation on ocular development, pregnant rats were exposed to a single 12.5 Gy irradiation on embryonic day 9 (ED 9). The embryos obtained by laparotomy on ED 12 and 21 were examined for ocular abnormalities under a binocular stereo-microscope and a light microscope. The ED 12 embryos were stained with osmium tetroxide to facilitate the observation. The stereo-microscopic examination on ED 12 and 21 revealed various types of ocular abnormalities characterized primarily by aplasia or hypoplasia of the optic cup and invaginated lens placode. The light microscopic examination further confirmed these findings histomorphologically, and the hypoplastic abnormalities were classified into three types: (1) hypoplasia of the optic cup and invaginated lens placode, (2) complete malformation of the optic cup and hypoplasia of the invaginated lens placode, and (3) complete malformation of the optic cup and invaginated lens placode. Because the lens was formed in the complete absence of the retina, the development and differentiation of the retina and lens do not seem to be tightly synchronized. Thus, this sequential analysis on ocular abnormalities during the early stage of development supports the notion that the presence of the retina is not always necessary for the development of the lens.     

A comparison of the somaclonal variation level of Rosa hybrida L. cv Meirutral plants regenerated from callus or direct induction from different vegetative and embryonic tissues

Summary Flowering plants of Rosa hybrida L. cv Meirutral have been obtained either from direct regeneration of adventitious shoots on leaf and root fragments, or through organogenesis and somatic embryogenesis on calli derived from anther, ovule, petal, sepal, receptacle, leaf, stem internode, root and zygotic embryo tissues. The calli derived from floral parts exhibited rhizogenesis. In this case direct induction of adventitious shoots from selected roots had to be performed in order to generate plants. A histological study of the morphogenetic calli was carried out. The plants regenerated directly and those regenerated from calli of leaf, stem internode, root and zygotic embryo tissues, together with reference plants propagated by cuttings, were compared on a phenotypic basis by taking into account petal number, form and colour, and plant growth habit. From these observations, it can be concluded that directly regenerated plants are as stable as reference plants while plants regenerated from callus are unstable, especially those derived from zygotic embryo tissues.Abbreviations BAP 6-benzylaminopurine - 2,4-D 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid - GA3 gibberellic acid - IAA 3-indole-acetic acid - MS Murashige and Skoog - NAA 1-naphthalene acetic acid     

Relationship between somaclonal variation and type of culture in cucumber

Highly inbred B line of cucumber was used to compare the effect of four types of in vitro culture on somaclonal variation. The plants were regenerated from the following types of culture: twelve- and eighteen-month-old liquid culture of meristematic clumps (LMC₁₂₍₁₈₎), ten-month-old embryogenic cytokinin-dependent suspension (CDS), eighteen-month-old embryogenic cytokinin-dependent suspension in medium with modified NH⁺ ₄/NO₃ ^- ratio (CDS 1.7), twelve-month-old embryogenic auxin-dependent suspension (ADS), thirty six-month-old embryogenic auxin-dependent suspension in medium with modified NH⁺ ₄/NO₃ ^- ratio (ADS 1.7) and recurrent leaf callus regeneration (RLC) – repeated 5 times. The differences in the incidence of the following properties were observed: the ploidy of R₀ plants, the segregation of new morphological traits in R₁ and the germination ability of R₁ seeds. R₁ families with the segregation of new phenotypes were most numerous in CDS (62.5%) and LMC₁₈ (57.9%), next in CDS1.7 (35.7%), while the smallest number was found in LMC₁₂ (11.1%) and RLC (3.4%).Tetraploid and mixoploid plants occurred in ADS1.7 and ADS (100%) whereas CDS and RLC were observed to contain only tetraploids, respectively 33.3% and 55.2%. There were no changes of ploidy after LMC₁₂, LMC₁₈ and CDS1.7. Among new phenotypes there were such that have not been described so far in cucumber: ginkgolike leaf (gll), yellow-green chlorophyll mutants (y-gc), serrate margin of corolla in male and female flowers (smc). This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Genotypic differences in organogenesis from callus of ten triticale lines

Summary Callus was obtained from immature excised embryos of triticale using MS medium supplemented with 3 mg/l 2,4-D and 1 mg/l kinetin. The presence of 2,4-D was essential for continued callus proliferation. Plantlets were induced from the calli by sub-culturing on medium either devoid of auxin or containing 0.1 mg/l 2,4-D. The capacity to produce callus and to form organs and plantlets differed markedly among the genotypes used. Lines also had distinct response to presence and absence of 2,4-D in the regeneration media. The callus of most triticale lines used differentiated into organs more readily on MS medium supplemented with 0.1 mg/l 2,4-D than on medium without growth regulators. Very high frequencies (up to 75%) of plantlet regeneration were observed in several of the triticale lines studied.     

苹果叶片愈伤组织植株再生研究

本研究以苹果品种千秋试管苗叶片为试材，接种子ＭＳ附加不同浓度ＢＡ和ＮＡＡ激素组合的培养基上，经愈伤组织诱导、不定芽诱导，一步诱导千秋叶片再生不定芽。得到苹果品种千秋叶片－愈伤组织－不定芽再生的适宜培养条件为：ＭＳ基本培养基附加ＢＡ ２ｍｇ／Ｌ，ＮＡＡ０．２ｍｇ／Ｌ；黑暗诱导５个星期后在同种培养基中转入光照培养，培养室温度为２５±２℃。     

金花茶成年树茎段离体器官发生

以金花茶成年树茎段为外植体进行离体器官发生研究。结果表明:分段消毒法是较为理想的消毒方式;附加2 mg.L-1BA及0.5 mg.L-1IAA的改良WPM培养基适合诱导腋芽萌发,萌发率达57.1%;芽苗在附加3 mg.L-1BA及0.2 mg.L-1IAA的改良WPM培养基上增殖效果较好;在附加4 mg.L-1或6 mg.L-1NAA的1/2MS培养基上可诱导芽苗生根。