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Embryogenic calluses were induced from 73% of Phalaenopsis shoot-tip explants excised from flower stalk buds by culturing for 7 mo. on New Dogashima Medium (NDM) containing 0.5 μM α-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA), 4.4 μM 6-benzylaminopurine and 29.2 mM sucrose. The sucrose concentration was increased to 58.4 mM 4 mo. after initiation of the callus culture. These calluses were successfully subcultured as cell suspension cultures in liquid NDM supplemented with 5.4μM NAA and 58.4 mM sucrose. By simply reducing the sucrose concentration to 29.2 mM, the cells grew into plantlets through a developmental process similar to that of Phalaenopsis seedlings. The occurrence of somaclonal variants was less than 10% in six out of eight genotypes examined. These results suggest that the embryogenic callus and cell suspension culture could be utilized as the materials for micropropagation and breeding of Phalaenopsis orchids.
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Tokuhara, K., Mii, M. Induction of embryogenic callus and cell suspension culture from shoot tips excised from flower stalk buds of Phalaenopsis (Orchidaceae). In Vitro Cell.Dev.Biol.-Plant 37, 457–461 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11627-001-0080-4
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