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Production of callus from anthers of D. purpurea was obtained on several basal media supplemented with various amounts of auxins. Chromosome counts showed that the callus produced was haploid when the anthers 1) were of a dark-brown to black color, and 2) were cultured in the late tetrad stage of microspore development. Subsequent differentiation to plants at high frequencies was possible only 1) when the anthers had been cultured on the medium of Nitsch and Nitsch (Science 163, 85–87; 1969) supplemented with 5 mg/l 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), 2) when the callus was transferred to the same medium but without 2,4-D, and 3) when it was cultured under continuous light from fluorescent lamps. Proliferation of the callus and regeneration of plants did not diminish through as many as 20 subcultures. The high frequency of regenerates permits the propagation of a distinct geno-type to a virtually unlimited number of plants. Diploid plants were obtained when the anthers had been cultured in the dark. Tetraploid plants were regenerated by callus from anthers which had been cultured in light. When the time of 2,4-D treatment was shortened a few haploid plants were produced which however did not survive transfer to soil. Cytological observations demonstrated that regeneration started from haploid callus, leading to intermediate degrees of ploidy and finally to diploid plants. Most of the regenerated plants were euploid and flowered and fruited normally under greenhouse and field conditions. If the anther-derived callus was cultured on the medium of Nitsch and Nitsch supplemented with 2.2 mg/l kinetin, plants regenerated only under photoperiodic conditions of 16 h light at 28° and 8 h dark at 20° but the survival was lowered to one third. These plants had a different leaf and flower morphology as compared to the control without kinetin and to the starting material, but their progeny was again essentially normal.
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Corduan, G., Spix, C. Haploid callus and regeneration of plants from anthers of Digitalis purpurea L.. Planta 124, 1–11 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00390062
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