ABSTRACT
Development of a reproducible, versatile and efficient in vitro plant regeneration system is highly warranted for Indian soybean varieties for their mass multiplication in view of their commercial significance. Accordingly a protocol for direct shoot organogenesis in soybean variety JS 335 has been developed. Using cotyledonary node explants significant organogenic responses, mean shoot number and shoot length were observed when these were incubated on MS medium supplemented with 0.89 µM Benzyladenine (BA) and 5 μg/L triacontanol (TRIA) where in 9.3 ± 0.5 shoots were obtained. TRIA at 5 μg /L able to produce 6.8 ± 0.5 shoot buds in presence of 0.98 µM IBA and 0.89 µM BA. Highest mean shoot buds (14.0 ± 0.5 and 9.0 ± 0.5) and mean shoot length (4.6 ± 0.3 and 10.0 ± 0.7) were obtained when cotyledonary node and shoot tip explants were cultured on MS medium containing 0.14 µM gibberellic acid (GA3), 0.89 µM BA and 5 μg/L TRIA. Moreover, TRIA supported highest mean root number (6.3±0.5) and root length (21.5 ± 0.57 cm). Field survival of in vitro derived plants of TRIA treatment was 70% and the overall growth and seed yield was also significantly better than control plants. This protocol may be used for improving the in vitro regeneration of soybean variety JS 335 for transformation studies.
ABSTRACT
The Atlantic Forest is a biome with megadiversity and a number of bromeliads take part of it. This is the case of Vriesea reitzii, an endemic bromeliad threatened with extinction. Tissue culture techniques are valuable tools for the mass propagation of bromeliads, thus reducing pressure in the natural habitat. The aim of the present work was to establish an in vitro protocol based on the induction and proliferation of nodule cluster cultures of this species. Plantlets maintained in MS liquid culture medium plus NAA (2µM) and BAP (4µM) had the basal regions of leaves excised and then inoculated in gelled with agar (7g L-1) MS culture medium plus with Dicamba (2.5; 5; 10; 20 e 30µM) and Kin (2µM) or free of plant growth regulators. Nodule cluster cultures arose from the basal region of explants. The subculture to MS liquid medium plus GA3 (10µM) and in MS liquid medium free of plant growth regulators resulted in a high proliferation rate. The mean regenerative rate was 39 plantlets/0.03g of nodule culture. Plantlets were acclimatized in a mix substrate of 1:1 (v:v) of carbonized rice coat and Turfa Fertil® mineral supplement.
A floresta tropical atlântica é um bioma de alta diversidade, rico em espécies endêmicas de bromélias, entre elas Vriesea reitzii, que se encontra ameaçada de extinção. Técnicas de cultura de tecidos possibilitam a propagação massal de bromélias, reduzindo a pressão de coleta na natureza. O presente trabalho teve como objetivo desenvolver um protocolo regenerativo baseado na indução e no desenvolvimento de culturas nodulares desta espécie. Plantas multiplicadas em meio MS líquido com ANA (2µM) e BAP (4µM) tiveram suas folhas excisadas e inoculadas em meio MS geleificado com ágar (7g L-1) e suplementado com Dicamba (2,5; 5; 10; 20 e 30µM) e Kin (2µM) ou isento de fitorreguladores. A indução de culturas nodulares foi observada na região basal dos explantes. Estas culturas foram subcultivadas em meio de cultura MS líquido suplementado com GA3 (10µM) e subseqüentemente para meio MS líquido isento de fitorreguladores, resultando em altas taxas de proliferação de culturas nodulares que originaram brotos adventícios e microbrotos. A taxa média de regeneração foi de 39 brotos/0,03g de culturas nodulares. As mudas foram aclimatizadas com sucesso em substrato composto por fertilizante organomineral Turfa Fértil® e casca de arroz carbonizada na proporção de 1:1 (v:v).