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Sodium chloride-tolerant plantlets of Dendrocalamus strictus were regenerated successfully from NaCl-tolerant embryogenic callus via somatic embryogenesis. The selection of embryogenic callus tolerant to 100 mM NaCl was made by exposing the callus to increasing (0–200 mM) concentrations of NaCl in Murashige and Skoog medium having 3% (w/v) sucrose, 0.8% (w/v) agar, 3.0 mg l−1 (13.6 μM) 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), and 0.5mg l−1 (2.3μM) kinetin (callus initiation medium). The tolerance of the selected embryogenic callus to 100 mM NaCl was stable through three successive transfers on NaCl-free callus initiation medium. The tolerant embryogenic callus had high levels of Na+, sugar, free amino acids, and proline but a slight decline was recorded in K+ level. The stable 100 mM NaCl-tolerant embryogenic callus differentiated somatic embryos on maintenance medium [MS medium +3% sucrose +0.8% agar +2.0 mg l−1 (9.0 μM) 2,4-D+0.5 mg l−1 (2.3 μM) kinetin] supplemented with different (0–200 mM) concentrations of NaCl. About 39% of mature somatic embryos tolerant to 100 mM NaCl germinated and converted into plantlets in germination medium [half-strength MS+2% sucrose+0.02 mg l−1 (0.1 μM) α-naphthaleneacetic acid +0.1 mg l−1 (0.49 μM) indole-3-butyric acid] containing 100 mM NaCl. Of these plantlets about 31% established well on transplantation into a garden soil and sand (1:1) mixture containing 0.2% (w/w) NaCl.
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Singh, M., Jaiswal, U. & Jaiswal, V.S. In vitro selection of NaCl-tolerant callus lines and regeneration of plantlets in a bamboo (Dendrocalamus strictus Nees). In Vitro Cell.Dev.Biol.-Plant 39, 229–233 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1079/IVP2002389
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