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A culture procedure using temporary immersion in a liquid medium was tested for somatic embryogenesis of Hevea brasiliensis (Müll. Arg.). Embryogenic callus was placed under regeneration conditions, either on a gelled medium (Phytagel, Sigma, St. Louis, MO) or in a container designed for temporary immersion. The latter technique has some advantages over the use of a gelled medium during both the early steps of somatic embryogenesis, i.e., embryo development, and later on, i.e., during maturation, desiccation and germination. Somatic embryo production in a liquid medium was three to four times greater than on a semi-solid medium: 400 embryos/g fresh weight under the best embryogenesis induction conditions. Somatic embryogenesis had to be initiated on a gelled medium before the embryogenic callus was transferred to temporary immersion, and the amounts of 3,4- dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and N6-benzyladenine had to be reduced. Temporary immersion resulted in substantially more consistent, synchronized somatic embryo development, reducing the number of abnormal embryos by half and stimulating germination. All of the late events could be carried out in the temporary immersion container. Effective drying conditions were achieved after 12 wk without immersion and without selection of the embryos. Temporary immersion during germination greatly stimulated root development (+60%) and epicotyl emergency (+35%), combined with increased synchronization and a substantially reduced workload.
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Etienne, H., Lartaud, M., Michaux-Ferriére, N. et al. Improvement of somatic embryogenesis in Hevea brasiliensis (Müll. Arg.) using the temporary immersion technique. In Vitro Cell.Dev.Biol.-Plant 33, 81–87 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11627-997-0001-2
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