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Influence of auxin type and concentration on somatic embryogenesis from cotyledonary explants of safflower was investigated. Embryogenic frequency as well as number of somatic embryos was dependent on auxin type and concentration. NAA at 10.74 μM (2 mg l−1) was optimum for high frequency of somatic embryos, whereas IAA provided the maximum number of somatic embryos per responding culture. Somatic embryo development was asynchronous and strongly affected by auxin type and concentration. Maximum numbers of well developed somatic embryos at the cotyledonary stage were obtained with 5.37 μM (1 mg l−1 ) NAA + 2.22 μM (0.5 mgl −1) BA. Histological studies confirmed the unicellular origin of somatic embryos from the adaxial epidermis of the cotyledon. Broad base attachment of somatic embryos to the epidermis indicated the absence of a suspensor.
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Mandal, A., Dutta Gupta, S. Somatic embryogenesis of safflower: influence of auxin and ontogeny of somatic embryos. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 72, 27–31 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021264403398
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