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The present work aims to establish a protocol for in vitro polyploidization using hypocotyl segments or cotyledonary nodes from in vitro grown annatto seedlings. The culture medium used to induce polyploidization was supplemented with MS salts, B5 vitamin complex, 100 mg l− myo-inositol, 3% (w/v) sucrose, 2.28 μ M ZEA and 0.30 μ M IAA (hypocotyl segments) or 4.56 μ M ZEA (cotyledonary nodes), 0.8% (w/v) agar, and different concentrations of microtubule depolymerising agents, namely colchicine (0, 25, 250 and 1250 μ M) and oryzalin (0, 5, 15 and 30 μ M). To determine the optimum duration of either colchicine or oryzalin treatment for the induction of tetraploids, explants were treated for 15 or 30 days on regeneration medium. High frequencies of polyploidy in regenerated shoots from cotyledonary nodes were achieved in culture medium supplemented with 15 μ M oryzalin, for 15 days. Ploidy determination was based on chromosome counting in metaphasic cells from apical buds, and in the number of pairs of heterochromatic markers on the biggest chromosome, as visualized in interphasic nuclei, detection being easier in the latter. Among the characteristics evaluated, the measurements based on stomata length, width, area and frequency enabled greater discrimination between diploid and polyploid regenerated shoots.
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Abbreviations
- AIB:
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indolylbutyric acid
- B5:
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Gamborg et al. (1968) medium
- DMSO:
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dimethyl sulfoxide
- GA3:
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gibberellic acid
- MS:
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Murashige and Skoog (1962) medium
- ZEA:
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zeatin
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Portela de Carvalho, J.F.R., de Portela de Carvalho, C.R. & Otoni, W.C. In vitro induction of polyploidy in annatto (Bixa orellana). Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 80, 69–75 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11240-004-8833-5
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11240-004-8833-5