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An anatomical study of secondary embryogenesis inCamellia reticulata

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An anatomical study was carried out during the sequences of events which lead to the differentiation of secondary embryos ofCamellia reticulata cv ‘Mouchang’. Secondary embryogenesis can be induced by culturing somatic embryos on a modified Murashige and Skoog medium supplemented with 0.5 mg·liter−1 6-benzylaminopurine and 0.1 mg·liter−1 indole-3-butyric acid. After about 12 days of culture, globular-shaped secondary embryos became apparent, and by 18 to 20 days of culture cotyledonary stages were formed. Embryos developed mainly on the hypocotyl of primary embryos without an intermediate callus. Histologic monitoring revealed that secondary embryos apparently had a multicellular origin from embryogenic areas originating in both epidermal and subepidermal layers of the hypocotyl region. This morphogenetic competence is related to the presence, at the time of culture, of relatively undifferentiated cells in superfical layers of the primary embryo hypocotyl. Microcomputer image analysis was applied for quantifying cytological events associated with somatic embryogenesis. This method showed an increasing gradient in the nucleus-to-cell area ratio from differentiated cells passing through preembryogenic cells to embryogenic cells. The formation of embryogenic areas was preceded by accumulation of starch in the surrounding cortical cells. The cells underlying globular secondary embryos still contained abundant starch, but it declined as the secondary embryos developed.

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Plata, E., Ballester, A. & Vieitez, A.M. An anatomical study of secondary embryogenesis inCamellia reticulata . In Vitro Cell Dev Biol - Plant 27, 183–189 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02632214

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