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Haworthia comptoniana specimens were cultured to determine how benzyladenine (BA) level and in vitro selection for shoot and callus production affected regeneration capacity and plant phenotype. Leaf explants were cultured on Murashige and Skoog medium containing 0 to 10 mg·liter−1 of BA. The highest number of shoots was obtained with 0.5 mg·liter−1 of BA.H. comptoniana stock cultures (hc) maintained with 0.5 mg·liter−1 of BA produced clumps of small shoots interspersed with friable, white, tan, and green callus. A clump of very large shoots was isolated and designated cell line Rhc; it differed from the original hc culture in shoot size, the lack of callus growth, and higher water content. A line of green callus (designated Gc), a line of white callus (Wc), and a line of soft tan callus (Tc) were also isolated from hc. Optimal BA levels for shoot regeneration from lines Gc and Wc were 2 and 5 mg·liter−1, respectively. No normal shoots could be regenerated from Tc. The phenotypes of these cell lines remained stable for 24 subculture generations. The hc line that initially required BA for growth became hormone autotrophic whereas the other lines did not. Culturing using Gelrite and sealing vessels with parafilm promoted vitrification of the hc line. Culturing using GIBCO agar and unsealed vessels reduced vitrification. The ex-vitro greenhouse survival rates for hc and Rhc plantlets were 10 and 80%, respectively. The large size of the Rhc shoots apparently resulted in significantly higher survival rates under greenhouse conditions, but did not result in any phenotypic whole plant changes.
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Dethier Rogers, S.M. Culture phenotype affects on regeneration capacity in the monocotHaworthia comptoniana . In Vitro Cell Dev Biol - Plant 29, 9–12 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02632232
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