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Embryogenic cultures were initiated from immature pecan zygotic embryos. Explants were induced for one week on Woody Plant Medium with either α-naphthaleneacetic acid or 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid at 2, 6 or 12 mg/l, then subcultured monthly to fresh basal medium. Observations were made on callus production, embryo formation, and embryo morphology. Somatic embryo morphology and overall callus proliferation were affected by auxin type. Callus proliferation was less extensive and more somatic embryos resembling zygotic embryos were obtained from cultures initiated with α-naphthaleneacetic acid than with 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid. Repetitive somatic embryogenesis was obtained in all auxin treatments. Conversion into plantlets was affected by somatic embryo morphology in that embryos with poorly developed apices exhibited lower percentages of conversion than those with well developed single or multiple apices. Consequently, although more embryos were obtained with 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, naphthaleneacetic acid was the superior auxin for production of somatic embryos more likely to convert into plants.
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Abbreviations
- BAP:
-
6-benzylaminopurine
- IAA:
-
indole-3-acetic acid
- IBA:
-
indole-3-butyric acid
- NAA:
-
α-naphthaleneacetic acid
- 2,4-D:
-
2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
- WPM:
-
Woody Plant Medium (Lloyd & McCown 1980)
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Rodriguez, A.P.M., Wetzstein, H.Y. The effect of auxin type and concentration on pecan (Carya illinoinensis) somatic embryo morphology and subsequent conversion into plants. Plant Cell Reports 13, 607–611 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00232930
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