Tissue cultures of Phyllanthus tenellus Roxb. were maintained on modified MS to evaluate in vitro flowering under light of different qualities: white (control), blue, green, red, yellow, UV-A plus white and darkness; as well as different growth regulators at concentrations (μM): IBA 0.98, KIN 0.46, KIN 2.3, IBA 0.98 + KIN 0.46, IAA 1.14 + KIN 0.46. The events from vegetative to reproductive gro...

Micropropagated plantlets derived from three different grape rootstock genotypes namely, Dogridge (Vitis champini), SO4 (V. berlandieri×V. rupestris) and ARI-H-144 (V. vinifera×V. labrusca) were subjected to randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and inter simple sequence repeats (ISSR) analyses in order to evaluate their genetic stability and/or detect likely existing variations among in vi...

The present study aimed at establishing a complete plant regeneration protocol for Didymopanax morototoni (matchwood), a native Brazilian forest species. Four types of explants (root, shoot, node, and cotyledonary leaves) were obtained from in vitro germinated seeds. In the first step, woody plant medium (WPM) with casein hydrolysate (250 mgL-1 ) and 2,4-D (1.0 and 5.0 mgL-1) were used combined...

mdash; Plant regeneration from immature intergeneric embryos through direct callus induction was investigated in the case of hybridization between T aestivum cv Chinese Spring (2n = 6x = 42, AABBDD) and A cristatum 4x with one B chromosome (2n = 4x = 28 + 1 B, PPPP). Twenty-three abnormal immature hybrid embryos were directly cultured on MS solid medium with 2 mg / L 2,4-D to induce calli which...

Three trials have been set up in Côte d’Ivoire to analyse the growth of six-year-old microcuttings produced from seedlings, 45-month-old somatic embryos of PB 260 and PR 107 and 31-month-old microcuttings of IRCA 18. The results show that Hevea in vitro plantlets produced by somatic embryogenesis or microcutting consistently grow as well as if not better than conventional budded plants. The dif...

In vitro callogenesis was achieved from leaf explants of Boerhaavia diffusa Linn. on basal medium supplemented with different concentrations of BAP, NAA, Kn and IAA. Regeneration of shoot buds were observed on MS medium supplemented with BAP and NAA at different concentrations. In some of the replicates the shoot buds were elongated and terminated in flower buds. In vitro flowering occurred wit...

Plants were regenerated from encapsulated shoot tips of pointed gourd. Shoot tips isolated from multiple shoot cultures of AM-8 and AM-15 cultivars of pointed gourd were encapsulated in sodium alginate beads. For germination and shoot proliferation, encapsulated shoot tips (artificial seed) were cultured in MS basal medium containing different concentrations and combinations of BAP and NAA. Use...

Genome editing is a powerful technique for genome modification in molecular research and crop breeding, and has the great advantage of imparting novel desired traits to genetic resources. However, the genome editing of fruit tree plantlets remains to be established. In this study, we describe induction of a targeted gene mutation in the endogenous apple phytoene desaturase (PDS) gene using the ...

The transformation of coffee plantlets with the cry1ac gene of Bacillus thuringiensis was achieved by biolistic using either the whole pUBC plasmid or only the ubi-cry1ac-nos genetic cassette. The cry1ac gene was inserted into coffee plants in order to confer resistance to the leaf miner Leucoptera coffeella, an insect responsible for considerable losses in coffee crops. Bearing in mind that th...

A protocol for direct shoot regeneration without intervening callus phase was developed by shoot tip culture of MS (murashinge and skoog) medium for teak. The study reveal that aseptically inoculated shoot tip of teak in established shoot induction and shoot multiplication was also observed at same concentration .At BAP 1mg/l, IAA 1mg/l and kin 1mg/l the shoots were weak ,tiny and non separable...