Abstract
Protoplasts isolated from embryogenic callus of Citropsis schweinfurthii (Engl.) Swing. & M. Kell were cultured in MT (Murashige and Tucker 1969) basal medium containing 5% sucrose supplemented with 0.0, 0.001, 0.01, 0.1 or 1.0 mg l−1 BA, 0, 300, 600 or 900 mg l−1 malt extract and 0.6 M sorbitol. The highest plating efficiency was obtained on MT basal medium containing 5% sucrose supplemented with 0.01 mg l−1 BA and 600 mg l−1 malt extract. MT basal medium containing 5% sucrose and supplemented with 0.01 mg l−1 kinetin was found to be a medium suitable for the development of globular somatic embryos derived from protoplasts into heart-shaped somatic embryos with cotyledon-like structures. The highest percentage of shoot formation was obtained using 0.1 mg l−1 GA3. A complete protoplast to-plant system was developed for C. schweinfurthii, which could facilitate the transfer of nuclear and cytoplasmic genes from this species into cultivated Citrus through protoplast fusion.
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Abbreviations
- BA:
-
N6-benzyladenine
- 2,4-D:
-
2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
- FDA:
-
fluorescein diacetate
- GA3 :
-
gibberellin A3
- ME:
-
malt extract
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Jumin, H.B., Nito, N. Plant regeneration via somatic embryogenesis from protoplasts of Uganda cherry orange (Citropsis schweinfurthii). Plant Cell Reports 15, 754–757 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00232222
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