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Somatic embryogenesis and plantlet regeneration were achieved from immature and mature zygoticCamellia japonica embryos cultured on Murashige & Skoog's mineral medium without growth regulators or with various combinations of IBA and BAR The dependence of embryogenesis rates on growth regulator levels was not clear, though high concentrations such as 4 mg 1-1BAP plus 2 mg 1-1IBA were definitely inhibitory. BAP at 1 or 2 mg 1-1 did appear to determine the formation of ‘bud-like embryos’. By far the most responsive initial explants were immature embryonic axes collected in September, 94% of which produced somatic embryos as against only 20% for embryonic axes from mature seeds collected in October. Cotyledon explants were also embryogenic. Somatic embryos differentiating directly on the hypocotyl of the embryonic axes or the surface of cotyledons passed through typical stages of embryogenesis. Indirect somatic embryogenesis via callus was also evident. Embryogenic potential was maintained by secondary embryogenesis through the successive generations of embryos.
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Vieitez, A.M., Barciela, J. Somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration from embryonic tissues ofCamellia japonica L.. Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 21, 267–274 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00047620
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