Thidiazuron (N-phenyl-N'-1,2,3-thiadiazol-5-ylurea; TDZ) is an artificial plant growth regulator that is widely used in plant tissue culture. Protocorm-like bodies (PLBs) induced by TDZ serve as an efficient and rapid in vitro regeneration system in Rosa species. Despite this, the mechanism of PLB induction remains relatively unclear. TDZ, which can affect the level of endogenous auxins and cyt...

BACKGROUND Morphological and ploidy changes of the arsenic hyperaccumulator, Chinese brake fern (Pteris vittata) callus tissue are described here to provide insight into fern life cycle biology and for possible biotechnology applications. Pteris vittata callus was studied using transmission and scanning electron microscopy, and flow cytometry. RESULTS Callus induction occurred both in light a...

The study was undertaken to examine the effect of two synthetic auxins on somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration from mature embryo explants of 16 onion cultivars. Cotyledons were removed from the embryos and remaining portions were cultured on MS medium supplemented with 1.0 mg/L 2,4-D and 5.0 mg/L picloram alone or in combination (1.0 mg/L 2,4-D + 2.5 mg/L picloram) to produce embryogen...

From 8-10 days old seedlings of Pisum sativum L. (variety AP-1), various parts root, cotyledon as well as leaf were separated to use as explants. Root and cotyledonary explants did not show any response on MS (Murashige & Skoog) media supplemented with 2, 4-D at a concentration of 5 ppm. However, leaf explants showed callus formation on this media. The callus so formed was subcultured on MS med...

To establish a high-efficiency system of isolated microspore culture for different barley genotypes, we investigated the effects of nitrogen sources and concentrations on callus induction and plant regeneration in different barley genotypes. The results showed that the organic nitrogen sources greatly increased the callus induction, and the great reduction of total nitrogen sources would signif...

Callus tissues induced from shoots of species in the orange subfamily (Aurantioideae) were grafted in vitro to evaluate the correlation between reaction at the callus graft interface and taxonomic relationship. The graft interface between two pieces of callus from species that are taxonomically close was not distinguishable by anatomical observations. On the other hand, in the combinations of l...

this study was carried out to investigate the morphological and anatomical aspects of somatic embryogenesis in date palm. lateral bud and shoot tip explants excised from young offshoots were cultured on ms medium with 2,4-d. somatic embryogenesis was in-duced by transferring the calli produced on the same medium without hormones. micro-tome sectioning of paraffin-embedded specimens was carried ...

Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) concentrations in tobacco callus tissues grown on the media containing cu-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA) and kinetin at different concentrations were assayed periodically during successive cultures. Tobacco callus originally raised from the TMV-infected tobacco stem became green and compact when serially cultured on the medium containing lower concentration (0.01-o. 1 m...