Abstract
An efficient in vitro plant regeneration system characterized by rapid and continuous production of somatic embryos using leaf and petiole expiants has been developed in sweetpotato [Ipomoea batatas L. (Lam.)]. The optimal somatic embryogenic response was obtained in the genotype PI 318846-3 with a two-step protocol: (1) stage I-incubation of expiants in the dark for 2 weeks on Murashige Skoog (MS) medium containing 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) (2.5 mg/l) and 6-benzylaminopurine (0.25 mg/l) and, (2) stage II-culture in the light on MS medium with abscisic acid (ABA) (2.5 mg/l). The addition of ABA was critical for enhanced production of somatic embryos. Secondary somatic embryos were produced from the primary embryos cultured on MS medium with 2,4-D at 0.2 mg/l. The somatic embryos were converted into normal plantlets when cultured on basal MS medium. Upon transfer to soil, plants grew well and appeared normal with no mortality. The system of somatic embryogenesis described here will facilitate tissue culture, germplasm conservation and gene transfer research of sweetpotato due to its rapidity (6 to 10 weeks), prolific plant production by direct embryogenesis, ease of secondary somatic embryo production and reproducibility.
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Abbreviations
- ABA:
-
abscisic acid
- BAP:
-
6-benzylaminopurine, 2,4-D-2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
- GA3 :
-
gibberellic acid
- KIN:
-
kinetin
- MS:
-
medium of Murashige and Skoog (1962)
- NAA:
-
1-naph-thaleneacetic acid
- PIC:
-
picolinic acid
- TDZ:
-
thidiazuron
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Zheng, Q., Dessai, A.P. & Prakash, C.S. Rapid and repetitive plant regeneration in sweetpotato via somatic embryogenesis. Plant Cell Reports 15, 381–385 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00232059
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