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Hypocotyl segments of Bupleurum falcatum L. formed embryogenic calluses when cultured on Murashige and Skoog's (MS) medium supplemented with 9.0 μM 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D). Suspension cultures were initiated by placing calluses into medium with 0.45 μM 2,4-D. Protoplasts were enzymatically isolated from suspension cultures. They were plated at a density of 5 × 104 protoplasts per ml on MS medium supplemented with 9% mannitol, 9.0 μM 2,4-D, 4.4 μM BA, 4.6 μM kinetin, and 0.6% Seaplaque agarose. After four weeks of culture, microcalluses were formed and subsequently transferred to MS solid medium with 18.1 μM 2,4-D. Upon transfer to MS basal medium, microcalluses gave rise to somatic embryos at a frequency of approximately 10%. They subsequently developed into plantlets. The regenerants were successfully transplanted to potting soil and grown to maturity in a greenhouse. The regenerants had the normal chromosome number of 2n=2x=20 and did not show morphological aberrancy.
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Bang, J.W., In, D.S., Chung, S.H. et al. Plant regeneration from embryogenic cells-derived protoplasts of Bupleurum falcatum. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 55, 151–154 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006257122561
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