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Cell cultures from different species of the genus Thapsia (Apiaceae) have been investigated. In one 4-yearold line of T. garganica L. spontaneous somatic embryogenesis up to the globular stage occurred in a suspension culture containing 1 mg l−12,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D). Also callus cultures of this line, previously maintained on a medium containing 1 mg l−1 2,4-D, when transferred to various media deprived of 2,4-D, produced somatic embryos that developed into plantlets. Cell culture, embryos and regenerated organs were analysed for their content of thapsigargins. The undifferentiated cell culture did not synthezise thapsigargins, but was found to produce a yet unidentified compound not present in planta. White embryos in the pre-cotyledonary stage did not synthezise thapsigargins either, but when the embryos developed to the cotyledonary stage and became green, the synthesis started. Regenerated roots and shoots also contained thapsigargins.
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Abbreviations
- BAP:
-
Benzylaminopurine
- 2,4-D:
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2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
- EtOAc:
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ethyl acetate
- FDA:
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fluorescein diacetate
- IAA:
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Indole-3-acetic acid
- IBA:
-
indole-3-butyric acid
- 2-iP:
-
2-isopentenyladenine
- NAA:
-
1-Napthaleneacetic acid
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Jäger, A.K., Schottländer, B., Smitt, U.W. et al. Somatic embryogenesis in cell cultures of Thapsia garganica . Plant Cell Reports 12, 517–520 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00236099
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