In vitro protocols for plantlet regeneration and medium-term genotype conservation of eight wild ... more In vitro protocols for plantlet regeneration and medium-term genotype conservation of eight wild species of Curcuma have been optimized. Both the phenomena were genotype-dependent and influenced significantly by type and concentration of cytokinins used. In general, benzyladenine (BA) was found superior to other cytokinins tested for plantlet regeneration and γ,γ-dimethylallylaminopurine (2iP) for conservation. Number of shoots per culture ranged from 1.3 to 7.2 and conservation period from 264 to 379 d. In 30-d-old cultures, highest frequency of shoot regeneration could be obtained in C. malabarica (7.2 shoots per culture) on MS + 11.4 μM zeatin. Curcuma sp. (unidentified wild species) could be conserved for maximum period (379 d) on MS + 24.6 μM 2iP followed by C. aromatica (363 d) on MS + 22.8 μM zeatin. The tissue culture-raised plantlets were morphologically similar to their parents. The in vitro-conserved plants multiplied rapidly in tissue cultures and produced normal rhizomes upon transfer to soil in net house.
Direct somatic embryogenesis from in vitro-cultured leaf segments of multiple disease-resistant p... more Direct somatic embryogenesis from in vitro-cultured leaf segments of multiple disease-resistant pepper, Piper colubrinum Link is reported. Somatic embryos were initiated on Murashige and Skoog's (1962) basal medium containing 2.2 μM benzyladenine+0.46 μM kinetin and multiplied profusely through secondary embryogenesis on the same medium. Some 91% somatic embryos converted into plantlets on MS medium supplemented with 4.4 μM benzyladenine+0.23 μM kinetin and plantlets developed on half-strength MS+2.4 μM indole-3-butyric acid. Plantlets were hardened, transferred to soil, and 100% of plants survived. Various developmental stages of somatic embryogenesis were studied using histological methods.
In vitro protocols for plantlet regeneration and medium-term genotype conservation of eight wild ... more In vitro protocols for plantlet regeneration and medium-term genotype conservation of eight wild species of Curcuma have been optimized. Both the phenomena were genotype-dependent and influenced significantly by type and concentration of cytokinins used. In general, benzyladenine (BA) was found superior to other cytokinins tested for plantlet regeneration and γ,γ-dimethylallylaminopurine (2iP) for conservation. Number of shoots per culture ranged from 1.3 to 7.2 and conservation period from 264 to 379 d. In 30-d-old cultures, highest frequency of shoot regeneration could be obtained in C. malabarica (7.2 shoots per culture) on MS + 11.4 μM zeatin. Curcuma sp. (unidentified wild species) could be conserved for maximum period (379 d) on MS + 24.6 μM 2iP followed by C. aromatica (363 d) on MS + 22.8 μM zeatin. The tissue culture-raised plantlets were morphologically similar to their parents. The in vitro-conserved plants multiplied rapidly in tissue cultures and produced normal rhizomes upon transfer to soil in net house.
Direct somatic embryogenesis from in vitro-cultured leaf segments of multiple disease-resistant p... more Direct somatic embryogenesis from in vitro-cultured leaf segments of multiple disease-resistant pepper, Piper colubrinum Link is reported. Somatic embryos were initiated on Murashige and Skoog's (1962) basal medium containing 2.2 μM benzyladenine+0.46 μM kinetin and multiplied profusely through secondary embryogenesis on the same medium. Some 91% somatic embryos converted into plantlets on MS medium supplemented with 4.4 μM benzyladenine+0.23 μM kinetin and plantlets developed on half-strength MS+2.4 μM indole-3-butyric acid. Plantlets were hardened, transferred to soil, and 100% of plants survived. Various developmental stages of somatic embryogenesis were studied using histological methods.
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