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An effective system for in vitro regeneration of adventitious shoots from callus for the transformation or mutation of gerbera was developed. Callus was produced from petioles of the youngest 3–4 leaves detached from auxillary shoots produced in vitro. Induction medium, on which leaves were incubated over 3 or 6 days, contained 2.3 μM thidiazuron and 0.53 μM α-naphthaleneacetic acid. Explants were than transferred to one of three regeneration media with lower levels of growth regulators. Regeneration was quantified over four (4-weeks each) passages at the time of explant transfer to fresh medium. Direct shoot regeneration occurred during the first 4 weeks, and after these shoots were discarded a semi-compact organogenic callus was produced. Effectiveness of shoot regeneration depended on four criteria: the cultivar (three cultivars were tested), the sequence of passage on regeneration medium, the growth regulators in regeneration medium and the duration of the induction period. Regeneration potential from calli of all cultivars increased from the first to the fourth passage. Duration of the incubation period on induction medium (3 or 6 days) influenced regeneration to varying degrees, depending on the cultivar used and the regeneration medium contents. There were no differences between two of the regeneration media – B, containing 2.2 μM 6-benzyladenine and 0.3 μM indole-3-acetic acid and C, containing 4.4 μM 6-benzyladenine, 4.6 μM zeatin and 0.6 μM indole-3-acetic acid. Cultivar Mariola was the most productive and regenerated more than seven shoots per callus in the fourth passage. Regeneration on medium B was further evaluated on four additional gerbera cultivars.
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Orlikowska, T., Nowak, E., Marasek, A. et al. Effects of growth regulators and incubation period on in vitro regeneration of adventitious shoots from gerbera petioles. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 59, 95–102 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006453905086
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