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Suspension cultures which maintained embryogenic potency for more than 18 months were established from excised immature embryos of rice (Oryza sativa L. cv. Konansou). The cultures were subcultured every three days in N6 medium supplemented with proline (10 mM), casein hydrolysate (300 mg/l), sucrose (30 g/l) and 2,4-D (1 mg/l). The frequency of embryogenesis from the embryogenetic suspension cultures reached about 90% when cell clusters (about 1 mm in diameter) were transferred to a solid medium which consisted of N6 medium, NAA (1 mg/l), kinetin (5 mg/l), sucrose (30 g/l) and Gelrite (2 g/l). When smaller clusters of cells (approximately 200–400 μm in diameter) were transferred to a liquid medium which consisted of salts of N6 medium diluted with an equal volume of water plus sucrose (45 g/l), NAA (0.01 mg/l) and 4-PU (0.1 mg/l) at a cell density of 13 clusters/ml in 2 ml of medium, somatic embryogenesis was initated at high frequency (about 50%). Morphological evidence is provided to demonstrate that the regeneration occurred via embryogenesis. This is the first report of high-frequency embryogenesis in suspension cultures of rice cells.
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Ozawa, K., Komamine, A. Establishment of a system of high-frequency embryogenesis from long-term cell suspension cultures of rice (Oryza sativa L.). Theoret. Appl. Genetics 77, 205–211 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00266188
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