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In order to understand the occurrence of albinism during androgenesis in barley, a number of plastid parameters were analyzed in microspore-derived embryos and androgenetic plantlets, and the results were compared in albino and non-albino producing cultivars. In the winter cv. Igri, plastids in microspore-derived embryos are characterized by numerous divisions, differentiated thylakoids, low amount of starch and a high DNA content examined by immunoelectron microscopy. After regeneration, the androgenetic plantlets were mostly chlorophyllous. In contrast, in the spring lines tested, the plastids of microspore-derived embryos were rarely dividing amyloplasts in which thylakoids and DNA were scarce and albino plantlets were mainly regenerated. After 2 weeks on the regeneration medium, plastids of Igri chlorophyllous androgenetic plantlets were typical chloroplasts, whereas in spring lines plastids of albino androgenetic plantlets were proplastids with the same characteristics as those in the corresponding microspore-derived embryos. These results strongly suggest that the origin of androgenetic albinism differs in winter and spring cvs.: in the winter cv. Igri plastid alteration may take place during the regeneration step of androgenesis whereas in the tested spring lines plastids are already affected in the microspore-derived embryos meaning that albinism is not initiated during regeneration but originates earlier during the androgenetic process likely as early as the sampling stage.
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Caredda, S., Devaux, P., Sangwan, R.S. et al. Plastid ultrastructure and DNA related to albinism in androgenetic embryos of various barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) cultivars. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 76, 35–43 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025812621775
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