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TDZ-induced direct shoot organogenesis and somatic embryogenesis on cotyledonary node explants of lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.)

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An efficient and simple procedure for inducing high frequency direct shoot organogenesis and somatic embryogenesis in lentil from cotyledonary node explants (without both the cotyledons) in response to TDZ alone is reported. TDZ at concentration lower than 2.0 μM induced shoot organogenesis whereas at higher concentration (2.5–15 μM) it caused a shift in regeneration from shoot organogenesis to somatic embryogenesis. The cotyledonary node and seedling cultures developed only shoots even at high concentrations of BAP and TDZ, respectively. TDZ at 0.5 and 5.0 μM was found to be optimal for inducing an average of 4–5 shoots per cotyledonary node in 93 % of the cultures and 55 somatic embryos in 68 % of the cultures, respectively. The somatic embryos were germinated when transferred to lower TDZ concentration (0.5–1.0 μM). The shoots were rooted on MS basal medium containing 2.5 μM IBA. The plantlets were obtained within 8 weeks from initiation of culture and were morphologically similar to seed-raised plants. The possible role of stress in thidiazuron induced somatic embryogenesis is discussed.

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Abbreviations

2-iP:

2-isopentanyl adenine

TDZ:

Thidiazuron

AdS:

Adenine sulphate

KIN:

Kinetin

BAP:

6-benzyl aminopurine

IBA:

Indole-3-butyric acid

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    Gulshan Chhabra, Darshna Chaudhary, Madan Varma, Manish Sainger & Pawan K. Jaiwal

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Chhabra, G., Chaudhary, D., Varma, M. et al. TDZ-induced direct shoot organogenesis and somatic embryogenesis on cotyledonary node explants of lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.). Physiol Mol Biol Plants 14, 347–353 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12298-008-0033-z

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