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The possibility of using in vitro shoot apex culture to evaluate salt tolerance of cultivated (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) and wild (Lycopersicon pennellii (Correll) D'Arcy) tomato species was determined and related to the response obtained by callus culture. Both apices and calluses were grown on media supplemented with 0, 35, 70, 105, 140, 175 and 210 mM NaCl, and growth and physiological traits were determined. Most apices of L. esculentum did not develop roots from low NaCl levels, whereas the apices of L. pennellii were able to develop roots at the different salt levels. This different degree of salt tolerance between L. esculentum and L. pennellii was not, however, clearly shown on the basis of the shoot growth of the plantlets. The callus response was similar to that shown by the rooting parameters, as callus growth in response to increased salinity was much greater in L. pennellii than in the tomato cultivar. K+decreased more and proline accumulated less with salinity in shoots of L. esculentum compared to L. pennellii, whereas the opposite response was obtained in calluses. The results obtained in this study suggest that rooting parameters are the most useful traits for rapid evaluation and screening of tomato species and segregating populations through in vitro shoot apex culture.
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Cano, E.A., Pérez-Alfocea, F., Moreno, V. et al. Evaluation of salt tolerance in cultivated and wild tomato species through in vitro shoot apex culture. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 53, 19–26 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006017001146
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