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- Title
Ploidy doubling by in vitro culture of excised protocorms or protocorm-like bodies in Phalaenopsis species.
- Authors
Wen Chen; Ching Tang; Yu Kao
- Abstract
Abstract  Endopolyploidy was observed in the protocorms of diploid Phalaenopsis aphrodite subsp. formosana with ploidy doubling achieved by in vitro regeneration of excised protocorms, or protocorm-like bodies (PLBs). Thirty-four per cent of the PLBs regenerated from the first cycle of sectioned protocorms were found to be polyploids with ploidy doubled once or twice as determined by flow-cytometry. The frequency of ploidy doubling increased as the sectioning cycles increased and was highest in diploid followed by the triploid and tetraploid. Regeneration of the endopolyploid cells in the tissue of the protocorms or PLBs is proposed as the source of the development of ploidy doubled plantlets. The frequency of ploidy doubling was similar in seven other Phalaenopsis species, although the rate of increase within cycles was genotype specific. In two species, a comparison of five parameters between 5-month-old diploid and tetraploid potted plants showed only the stomata density differed significantly. The flowers of the tetraploid plant were larger and heavier than those of the diploids. This ploidy doubling method is a simple and effective means to produce large number of polyploid Phalaenopsis species plants as well as their hybrids. The method will be beneficial to orchid breeding programs especially for the interspecific hybridization between varieties having different chromosome sizes and ploidy levels.
- Subjects
PLANT cell culture; GERMINATION; PHALAENOPSIS; PLANT chromosome numbers; ENDOPOLYPLOIDY; REGENERATION (Botany); ORCHIDS; PLANT reproduction; PLANT breeding; PLANT hybridization
- Publication
Plant Cell, Tissue & Organ Culture, 2009, Vol 98, Issue 2, p229
- ISSN
0167-6857
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11240-009-9557-3