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Microscope cultures ofBrassica napus cv. Topas undergo high frequency embryogenesis in vitro; however, the majority of microspore-derived embryos do not develop directly into plants but usually undergo abnormal development including the formation of secondary embryos on the hypocotyls. The present studies show that older embryos or embryos cultured at higher temperature (25° C) were more likely to undergo secondary embryogenesis whereas embryos cultured at 20° C or pretreated at 5° to 10° C for 28 days developed more readily into normal plants. Compared with embryos cultured at 25° C, those cultured at 20° C gave a threefold increase in normal plant production. Pretreatments at cooler temperatures (5° to 10° C) resulted in an additional two-to threefold increase in the recovery of normal plants. Higher osmoticum during pretreatment improved embryo survival at low temperatures but generally inhibited normal plant development. Abscisic acid was ineffective or deleterious.
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Huang, B., Bird, S., Kemble, R. et al. Plant regeneration from microspore-derived embryos ofBrassica Napus: Effect of embryo age, culture temperature, osmotic pressure, and abscisic acid. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol - Plant 27, 28–31 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02632058
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