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An in vitro selection method was developed for Coleus blumei to enhance salt tolerance of this amenity species. Leaf disc explants were incubated on a Murashige & Skoog medium containing benzylaminopurine, 2 mg l-1, and napthalene acetic acid, 1 mg l-1, which initiated both callus and plantlets from the explants. A large number of explants were incubated on this differentiating medium containing 90 mM NaCl, which inhibited over 90% of plantlet formation. Surviving plantlets. were grown to maturity, when apical cuttings were taken and propagated. Plants were also allowed to flower and set seed. Cuttings from the selected regenerated plants showed consistently better growth in the presence of NaCl than unselected cuttings. Seed progeny of selected plants also showed more vigorous growth in the presence and absence of NaCl than progeny from unselected plants. The in vitro selection was compared with the results of an earlier in vivo selection to assess the contribution from tissue culture derived somaclonal variation. Progeny from the in vitro selection showed a higher level of tolerance than progeny from the in vivo selection.
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Ibrahim, K.M., Collins, J.C. & Collin, H.A. Characterization of progeny of Coleus blumei following an in vitro selection for salt tolerance. Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 28, 139–145 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00055508
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