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Two protocols were developed for the efficient regeneration of Sinningia speciosa from leaf explants via two developmental pathways. The first method involved formation of callus and buds, followed by subsequent root growth, in Murashige and Skoog medium (MS) containing 2.0 mg l−1 6-benzylaminopurine (BA) and 0.2 mg l−1 α-naphthalene acetic acid (NAA), with a regeneration efficiency of 99.0%. The second method involved producing callus and roots, followed by subsequent formation of buds, in MS medium supplemented with 1.0–5.0 mg l−1 NAA, and resulted in a regeneration efficiency of 90.4%. Our experiments indicate that the root-first pathway resulted in a lower plant regeneration efficiency. Through five continual generations using the buds-first method, a total of 215 regenerated plants were obtained in the last generation, and eight exhibited a phenotype we named tricussate whorled phyllotaxis (twp). Six of the regenerated twp variant plants maintained their tricussate whorled phyllotaxis phenotype, showing no other abnormalities, while one reverted to a wild type before flowering and another formed two rounds of sepals. Physiological analysis revealed that the twp plants responded differently than wild type to exogenous NAA and 2,3,5-triiodobenzoic acid (TIBA), while high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis showed that the levels of endogenous indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) and gibberellin (GA) were lower in twp than wild-type plants. These results suggest that the formation of the twp mutant may be related to phytohormones and that the twp variant could be an important material for investigating the molecular mechanism of plant phyllotaxis patterning.
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This work was funded by both the National Natural Science Foundation of Gansu province, P. R. China (0803RJZA034) and by the Xi’AN Urban & Rural Construction Committee, P. R. China (XA081023).
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Xu, Ql., Hu, Z., Li, Cy. et al. Tissue culture of Sinningia speciosa and analysis of the in vitro-generated tricussate whorled phyllotaxis (twp) variant. In Vitro Cell.Dev.Biol.-Plant 45, 583–590 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11627-009-9257-z
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