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Leaf, cotyledon, and hypocotyl explants were obtained from 3-week-old seedlings of open-pollinated ‘Golden Delicious’ (Malus domestica bork H.) grown in vitro. They were placed on modified Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium containing B5 vitamins, sucrose and agar, supplemented with 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP) and α-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA), and maintained at 25°C±2 in the light or in the dark to assess morphogenetic responses. Leaf and cotyledon explants cultured in the dark for an initial 3 weeks, then transferred to light for 4 weeks, produced 5- to 20-fold more adventitious shoots than those cultured for 7 weeks in the light. Conversely, light did not significantly influence the number of adventitious shoots formed on hypocotyl explants. Five-minute daily exposures of leaf explants to red light (651 nm) suppressed adventitious shoot formation by 80%; five-minute exposure to far-red light (729 nm) immediately following the red light counteracted the red suppression.
Seedling explants, immature fruit halves and immature embryos were also cultured on Schenk and Hildebrandt (SH) medium containing 2, 4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2, 4-D), p-chlorophenoxyacetic acid (CPA) and kinetin. Light inhibited callus formation on leaf and cotyledon explants, but not on hypocotyl explants. The derived callus was placed on MS + BAP or MS + BAP + NAA for shoot regeneration. Both shoots and roots regenerated from callus placed in the dark but not in the light; the frequency of shoot regeneration was 5% or less.
Regenerated shoots were rooted on MS macronutrient salts (1/3 concentration), micronutrients, i-inositol, thiamine HCl, sucrose and agar with or without indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), indole-3-butyric acid (IBA), or NAA under a light intensity of 5.0 W.m-2 (16 h per day). Auxin concentration strongly influenced root morphology.
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Liu, J.R., Sink, K.C. & Dennis, F.G. Plant regeneration from apple seedling explants and callus cultures. Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 2, 293–304 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00039876
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