Abstract
Rhodomyrtus tomentosa (Ait.) Hask is a multifunctional shrub of the Myrtaceae, which uniquely combines ornamental, medicinal, and health purposes. In this study, for the first time, a regeneration system was established in R. tomentosa. Callus was induced on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium with 0.5 mg L−1 6-benzyladenine (BA), 0.05 mg L−1 α-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA), and 0.005 mg L−1 thidiazuron (TDZ), from tender leaves and stems. Light yellow-green, rigidity, granule callus was induced, 93.33% of which could differentiate into adventitious shoots within 60 d. The optimal shoot proliferation medium was 1/2 MS medium with 6-BA 1 mg L−1 and NAA 0.1 mg L−1, and cultured in high temperature high light intensity (26 °C, 120 µmol m−2s−1) got the highest rate (86.67%) for regeneration response within 60 days. Adventitious roots exhibited the highest rate at 100% on PGR-free 1/2 MS medium. Within 2 months, over 90% of plantlets survived when transferred to a substrate of sand/soil (1:2 ratio).
Key message
This study provides an efficient protocol to regenerate the multifunctional shrub rose myrtle (Rhodomyrtus tomentosa) from embryogenic calli induced from tender leaves and stems.
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Abbreviations
- NAA:
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Naphtha acetic acid
- 6-BA:
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6-Benzyladenim
- TDZ:
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Thidiazuron
- PGRs:
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Plant growth regulators
- IBA:
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3-Indolebutyric acid
- ANOVA:
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Analysis of variance
- MS medium:
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Murashige and Skoog (1962) medium
- GA3 :
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Gibberellic acid
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This study was supported by the Guangzhou Innovation Leading Team Project (No. 202009020004), “One Center and Three Bases” Project for Flora and Fauna Conservation of Guangdong Province and Key Special Project for Introduced Talents Team of Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou) (GML2019ZD0408).
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Conceptualization of research: SD and SQ; Designing of the experiments: SD, LY and KW; Contribution of experimental materials: HC and SQ; Execution of field/lab experiments and data collection: LY and KW; Analysis of data and interpretation SD, LY, and KW; Preparation of manuscript: LY and SD.
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Yang, L., Wu, K., Qiu, S. et al. A plant regeneration protocol from callus cultures of medicinal plant Rhodomyrtus tomentosa. Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 153, 307–317 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11240-023-02464-z
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