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Newly expanded in vitro leaves of Actinidia eriantha were used for protoplast isolation. Protoplasts were cultured in liquid MS medium (lacking NH4NO3) supplemented with 2,4-D (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid) and 0.4 M glucose. The plating efficiency after 3 weeks of culture was 19.4%, and calli were recovered without addition of fresh medium. These calli regenerated shoots on transfer to MS medium containing 2.28 μM zeatin and 0.57 μM IAA (indole-3-acetic acid). Regenerated shoots were rooted by immersion in 20 ppm IBA (indole-3-butyric acid) solution before culturing on half-strength MS medium lacking growth regulators. Somaclonal variation, in terms of chromosome number and nuclei per cell of protoplast-derived plants, was estimated.
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Received: 15 March 1997 / Revision received: 27 January 1998 / Accepted: 7 March 1998
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Zhang, YJ., Qian, YQ., Mu, XJ. et al. Plant regeneration from in vitro-cultured seedling leaf protoplasts of Actinidia eriantha Benth. Plant Cell Reports 17, 819–821 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002990050490
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002990050490