Abstract

Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) is a multipurpose small tree with unique berries of high nutritional and pharmaceutical values. A clonally propagated plant originating from a 20-year-old tree of H. r. rhamno- ides 9 mongolica hybrid cultivar Julia and seedling offspring of this cultivar were investigated regarding induction of shoot organogenesis in leaf explants and in roots of intact seedlings, and induction of direct somatic embryogenesis in explants from shoot tissue. The highest percentage of leaf explants showing shoot organogenesis was achieved (juvenile explants, 65%; adult explants, 75%) when incubated in Mu- rashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with either 4.5 lM of the phenylurea cytokinin thidiazuron (TDZ) or 2.25 lM TDZ plus 2.2 lM 6-benzyladenine (BA), for juve- nile and adult explants, respectively, both supplemented with 0.53 lM a-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA). Juvenile explants developed on average 18 shoots per explant in the MS med- ium supplemented with 4.5 lM TDZ, a four fold increase over those incubated on the medium supplemented with 2.25 lM TDZ and 2.2 lM BA. Adult leaf explants grown on medium containing 2.25 lM TDZ and 2.2 lM BA medium produced 12 shoots per explant, while those grown on med- ium containing 4.5 lM TDZ produced 5 shoots per explant. Shoot organogenesis was observed in roots of intact seedlings pre-cultured on plain medium lacking nutrients (PM) or woody plant medium (WPM) salts and then grown on WPM salts supplemented with 4.4 lM BA, 0.29 lM gibberrelic acid (GA3), and 57.0 lM indoleacetic acid (IAA). The number of shoots formed on each seedling root system was ten fold higher when the pre-culture was in WPM medium indi- cating a promoting effect of mineral nutrients in the pre-cul- ture medium. Somatic embryogenesis was induced in both juvenile and adult leaf explants in 65 and 78% of the explants, respectively, in MS-based medium supplemented with 2.0 lM N-(2-Chloro-4-pyridyl)-N1-phenylurea (CPPU), 0.53 lM NAA and varying concentrations of BA. There was an interaction effect between MS salt strength and BA con- centration. The most effective medium for inducing somatic embryogenesis in juvenile explants contained half strength MS salts and 2.2 lM BA and full strength MS salts and 13.2 lM BA for adult explants

Published in

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture
2009, Volume: 99, number: 3, pages: 259–268

SLU Authors

• Sriskandarajah, Sridevy

  • Department of Plant Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Lundquist, Per-Olof

  • Department of Plant Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

Sustainable Development Goals

Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss


UKÄ Subject classification

Food Science
Forest Science
Agricultural Science


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11240-009-9597-8

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/28397