Relationship between auxin-induced cell proliferation and somatic embryogenesis in culture of carrot cotyledons

We elucidated the relationship between cell proliferation and somatic embryogenesis in the culture of carrot cotyledons. Fresh weights of the cotyledon expiants were determined every five days while being cultured on a medium containing 2,4-D. Callus production increased exponentially from Day 20 to...

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Published inJournal of plant biology = Singmul Hakhoe chi Vol. 43; no. 3; pp. 115 - 120
Main Authors Kim, Yup, Lee, Eun Kyong, Cho, Duck-Yee, Soh, Woong-Young
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Heidelberg Springer Nature B.V 01.09.2000
Subjects
2,4-D
Callus
Cell culture
Cell cycle
Cell division
Cell growth
Cell proliferation
Cotyledons
Embryonic growth stage
Embryos
Explants
S phase
Somatic embryogenesis
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Summary:We elucidated the relationship between cell proliferation and somatic embryogenesis in the culture of carrot cotyledons. Fresh weights of the cotyledon expiants were determined every five days while being cultured on a medium containing 2,4-D. Callus production increased exponentially from Day 20 to Day 25, showing a two-fold rate of proliferation. To examine the embryogenic potential of the callus, we pre-cultured cotyledon explants on an MS medium with 2,4-D, then transferred them to an MS basal medium at five-day intervals. Somatic embryos formed most frequently when the cotyledons were pre-cultured for 20 days on an MS medium that contained 5 μ2,4-D. The frequency of somatic embryo formation was 81%, while that of normal embryos with two cotyledons was 51% among those formed on a hormone-free medium. We used FACScan analysis to relate the embryogenic potential of the callus to the S phase in the cell cycle of cultured cells. The S phase was high after 25 days of culture on the medium with 5 μM 2,4-D. In contrast, the frequency of normal embryogenesis was higher at Day 20 of the pre-culture period. Culturing embryogenic calli on a medium with 5 μM 2,4-D was most favorable for producing somatic embryos with two cotyledons. We verified that active somatic embryogenesis was apparently related to cell division activity; somatic embryos induced from actively dividing cells were apt to accompany cotyledonary abnormality.
ISSN:1226-9239
1867-0725
DOI:10.1007/BF03030487