We found a match
Your institution may have rights to this item. Sign in to continue.
- Title
Histological assessment of regenerating plants at callus, shoot organogenesis and plantlet stages during the in vitro micropropagation of Asparagus cochinchinensis.
- Authors
Kim, Yong-Goo; Okello, Denis; Yang, Sungyu; Komakech, Richard; Rahmat, Endang; Kang, Youngmin
- Abstract
In this study, we developed a repeatable in vitro micropropagation protocol for the medicinal plant Asparagus cochinchinensis, based on indirect organogenesis using leaf segments cut from seedlings of in vitro-germinated seeds. We obtained 85% callus induction from the leaf segments within 4–5 weeks when grown on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with benzylaminopurine (BAP, 1.0 mg/L) and 1-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA, 0.5 mg/L). We found that MS media supplemented with Kn (1.0 mg/L) in combination with NAA (1.0 mg/L) and BAP (1.0 mg/L) combined with NAA (0.5 mg/L) were the most effective in promoting shoot regeneration, yielding plantlets with 6.72 and 6.48 shoots per culture, respectively. When cultured on PGR-free half-strength MS medium, regenerated plants developed root systems with an average 11.0 roots per shoot cluster and an average length of 36.14 mm at 9 weeks. During acclimatization, regenerated plantlets showed 96.4% survival and exhibited normal growth characteristics and morphology. We also made an attempt to directly regenerate A. cochinchinensis from shoot apices but it was futile. Histological analyses revealed the presence of crystal idioblasts in young leaves from the early stages of leaf differentiation. The leaf-based plant regeneration technique developed herein could be employed for large-scale propagation of the plants over a short time period, thereby substantially contributing to the germplasm preservation and rapid propagation of A. cochinchinensis. Key message: A repeatable in vitro micropropagation protocol for Asparagus cochinchinensis was developed based on indirect organogenesis. Histological analysis revealed crystal idioblasts for the first time in leaf primordia of this species.
- Subjects
REGENERATION (Botany); MORPHOGENESIS; ASPARAGUS; CALLUS (Botany); SHOOT apexes; PLANT shoots
- Publication
Plant Cell, Tissue & Organ Culture, 2021, Vol 144, Issue 2, p421
- ISSN
0167-6857
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11240-020-01967-3