Abstract
Roots of nine cultivars of carrot (Daucus carota L.) were exposed to one, two or three months cold treatment and cells isolated from cold-treated and control roots were assayed for the production of somatic embryos. Cells obtained from the one- or two-months cold treatments formed embryos earlier, produced embryos over a longer period of time and produced more embryos per callus than the controls. In contrast, cells obtained from roots exposed to three months cold displayed a reduction in all parameters of embryogenic competence and for some cultivars this treatment resulted in production of cells with no embryogenic competence. The relationship of cold treatment of stock plants to the induction of metastable and stable patterns of gene expression and the induction of somatic embryos are discussed.
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Krul, W.R. Enhancement and repression of somatic embryogenesis in cell cultures of carrot by cold pretreatment of stock plants. Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 32, 271–276 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00042288
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