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Efficient and rapid in vitro plant regeneration system for Indian cultivars of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

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Lacking of an efficient regeneration protocol for the recalcitrant crop chickpea is a limiting factor for adapting genetic engineering approaches for its improvement. The present study describes a rapid and efficient method for multiple shoot regeneration for three Indian cultivars, B115, C235, ICCV89314, using single cotyledons with half embryos as explant. Modified MS medium with 1.5 mg l−1 6-benzyladenine (BA) and 0.04 mg l−1 α-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA) induced a maximum of 26 shoots from a single explant after 20 days of culture. When cultured in modified MS medium containing 0.2 mg l−1 indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), 80% of the shoots from each regenerating explant elongated in another 20–25 days. Following a root-grafting protocol, 90–95% of the elongated shoots survived in soil which subsequently produced seeds. The regeneration process from explant preparation to complete plants took 55–60 days. The presently optimized rapid regeneration method holds promise for facilitating the deployment of agronomically important components through genetic transformation for betterment of this important food crop.

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Abbreviations

BA:

6-benzyladenine

B5:

Gamborg et al. (1968) medium

GA3 :

gibberellic acid

IAA:

indole-3-acetic acid

MS:

Murashige and Skoog (1962) medium

NAA:

α-naphthaleneacetic acid

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The authors are thankful to Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Government of Switzerland and the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India under the Indo-Swiss Collaboration in Biotechnology for financial contributions. The help of Dr. K.K.Sharma, ICRISAT, Dr. B.K.Sarmah, AAU, Prof. Thomas Hohn and Prof. Barbara Hohn, Basel, Switzerland are sincerely acknowledged.

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  1. Dipankar Chakraborti & Anindya Sarkar

    Present address: Plant Molecular and Cellular Genetics, Bose Institute, P1/12 C.I.T. Scheme VIIM, Kankurgachi, 7000054, Kolkata, India

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Chakraborti, D., Sarkar, A. & Das, S. Efficient and rapid in vitro plant regeneration system for Indian cultivars of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 86, 117–123 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11240-005-9072-0

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