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The leaf explants of Ostericum koreanum were cultured on MS medium supplemented with 5.37 μM NAA and 0.44 μM BA and did not need transfer to growth regulator–free medium for somatic embryogenesis. The pH level of medium dropped after autoclaving and at the beginning of explant culture, then rose back to the normal pH level of medium. The low pH level of medium, pH 4.0 or 4.3, before autoclaving rose to pH 5.2 or 5.3 and pH 6.1 or 6.2 after the 1 and 8 weeks from culture initiation, respectively, and this level was variable around pH 5–pH 6 during culture period. The explants were exposed to low pH for only several days at the early period of culture. On medium of pH 4.3, the production of somatic embryos was enhanced to six times in comparison with that on medium of pH 5.8. The average regeneration rate of total somatic embryos produced on medium of low pH was over 10% higher than that at pH 5.8. The regeneration of cup-shaped embryos was improved from 33% on medium of pH 5.8 to 67% on medium of pH 4.3. Therefore, the production and regeneration of somatic embryos were enhanced by the temporary exposure of leaf explant to medium of low pH, even though somatic embryogenesis substantially occurred on medium of nearly routine pH.
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Cho, DY., Lee, EK., Lee, S. et al. Enhanced somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration in leaf explant cultures of Ostericum koreanum on medium of varying pH. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 75, 215–222 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025824904491
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