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The behaviour of eleven Saintpaulia ionantha (H. Wendl.) genotypes in protoplast culture was compared. Isolation of protoplasts from young shootlets regenerated in vitro on leaf explants, yielded 0.7 to 1.8 × 106 protoplasts per gram fresh weight. In all cultivars and breeding lines tested, cell divisions were observed. The mean division frequencies varied between 1.0 and 5.0% after 14 days, and between 6.4 and 13.8% after 24 days of culture. In ten genotypes callussing and shoot regeneration were achieved. The difference between the genotypes in shoot regeneration rate, between 2 and 68%, was more pronounced. The comparison of four cytokinins indicated hat thidiazuron was most effective for shoot regeneration, but often resulted in poorer shoot quality than benzylaminopurine.
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Abbreviations
- BAP:
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(6-Benzylaminopurine)
- IAA:
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(In-dole-3-acetic acid)
- NAA:
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(α-Naphthaleneacetic acid)
- TDZ:
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(Thidiazuron = 1-Phenyl-3-(1,2,3-thiadiazol-5-yl)-urea)
- 2iP:
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(6-(γ,γ-dimethylallylamino)-purine)
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Winkelmann, T., Grunewaldt, J. Genotypic variability for protoplast regeneration in Saintpaulia ionantha (H. Wendl.). Plant Cell Reports 14, 704–707 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00232651
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