Abstract
Methods for improving the efficiency of plant recovery from somatic embryos of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) were investigated by optimizing the maturation regime and incorporating a desiccation stage prior to inducing germination. Somatic embryos were induced from young leaf lobes of in vitro grown shoots of cassava on Murashige and Skoog medium with 2,4-dichlorophenoxy acetic acid. After 15 to 20 days of culture on induction medium, the somatic embryos were transferred to a hormone free medium supplemented with activated charcoal. In another 18 days mature somatic embryos became distinctly bipolar and easily separable as individual units and were cultured on half MS medium for further development. Subsequent desiccation of bipolar somatic embryos resulted in 92% germination and 83% complete plant regeneration. The plants were characterized by synchronized development of shoot and root axes. Of the non-desiccated somatic embryos, only 10% germinated and 2% regenerated plants. Starting from leaf lobes, transplantable plantlets were derived from primary somatic embryos within 70 to 80 days.
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Abbreviations
- 2,4-D:
-
2,4 dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
- BA:
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Benzyl aminopurine
- GA:
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Giberellic acid
- MS:
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Murashige and Skoog
- NAA:
-
Naphthalene acetic acid
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Mathews, H., Schopke, C., Carcamo, R. et al. Improvement of somatic embryogenesis and plant recovery in cassava. Plant Cell Reports 12, 328–333 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00237429
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