Abstract
Brassica carinata (2n=34, BBCC), was synthesized by fusing dark grown etiolated hypocotyl protoplasts of B. nigra (2n=16, BB) with green mesophyll protoplasts of B. oleracea (2n=18,CC) using polyethylene glycol. Heterokaryons could be microscopically distinguished from the parental types by their dark green chloroplasts in the colourless hypocotyl protoplast background. The mean heterokaryotic fusion frequency estimated on the basis of this morphological distinction was about 16%. A total of 626 calli were obtained, of which 92 regenerated shoots after transfer to zeatin (2 mg/l) supplemented MS medium. Of these, 81 calli differentiated into plants morphologically similar to naturally occurring B. carinata and 11 calli yielded plants resembling parental types. Meiosis in seven hybrid plants showed the chromosome number to be 2n=34 the sum of B. nigra and B. oleracea chromosomes. Molecular confirmation of the amphidiploid nature of hybrids was obtained by probing with a B. juncea derived genomic clone. The use of chloroplast and mitochondrial specific gene probes, revealed that one plant was a cytoplasmic hybrid having cp DNA sequences of both B. oleracea and B. nigra and mt DNA sequences of B. nigra.
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Abbreviations
- PEG:
-
Polyethylene glycol
- 2,4-D:
-
2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
- NAA:
-
αNaphthaleneacetic acid
- IBA:
-
Indole-3-butyric acid
- BAP:
-
6-Benzylaminopurine
- MS:
-
Murashige and Skoog (1962)
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Narasimhulu, S.B., Kirti, P.B., Prakash, S. et al. Resynthesis of Brassica carinata by protoplast fusion and recovery of a novel cytoplasmic hybrid. Plant Cell Reports 11, 428–432 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00234376
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