Abstract
The objective of this study was to develop an efficient system for the regeneration of spinach plants (Spinacia oleracea L.) by investigating the factors influencing callus and shoot induction. All plant growth regulator (PGR) combinations tested induced callus with high frequency (73-100 %), and the combination of 5 μM α-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA), 10 μM 6-benzyladenine (BA) and 0. 1 μM gibberellic acid (GA3) had the most significant effect on callus growth in term of weight (120. 98 ± 22. 56 mg). A high auxin-containing medium induced competent callus for shoot formation, while high cytokinin-containing media enhanced callus growth and made callus incompetent for shoot regeneration. Longer periods of callus induction in a high auxin-containing medium were required to form competent callus and led to a high regeneration capacity. The PGR combination shift from a high auxin to cytokinin ratio (ACR) to a low ACR resulted in highly efficient regeneration. Among the regeneration systems tested, the combination of 10 μM NAA and 0. 3 μM GA3 for callus induction for 6 weeks followed by 2 μM NAA and 5 μM BA resulted in the highest plant regeneration frequency (83. 33 ± 6. 43 %) and the highest number of plantlets per explant (7. 93 ± 1. 24). Somatic embryos at cotyledonary stage and plantlets were transferred to PGR-free medium to establish whole plants. Regenerated female plants grew well to maturity in the greenhouse (77. 17 ± 9. 80 %) and produced seeds (175. 21 ± 28. 01 firm seeds per plant).
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 99-108 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Arthropod-Plant Interactions |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 2013 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the grants from Priority Research Centers Program (2011-0030748) and Mid-career Researcher Program (2011-0027519) through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, and the Next-Generation BioGreen 21 Program (SSAC, PJ008122; TAGC, PJ009094), Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea.
Keywords
- Culture period
- Plant growth regulator combination
- Plant regeneration
- Somatic embryogenesis
- Spinach