Sorghum is a wonder crop from physiological point of view. It is the most important cereal crop, after rice and wheat.  The number of reports describing the use of transgenic Sorghum for basic studies in Biotechnology is still limited when compared to other crops. In one hand, the success of the transformation techniques is mainly dependent upon the availability of optimal protocols for highly ...

Abstract The goal of this research was to investigate the ontogenic path followed by somatic embryo from oil palm ( Elaeis guineensis jacq.) with in vitro culture and characterize shoot explants. Explant were injected into a medium for induction calluses, histological analysis perfomed on embryogenic callus embryo. Embryogenic nodular structure still proliferate because cells are meristematic v...

In this research, some independent experiments were carried out for investigating the effects of microspore developmental stage, bud pretreatments (cold, heat and Ca), and embryo induction medium on anther culture of some strawberry cultivars. The results showed that the percentages of responsive and embryogenic anthers in cultivar Paros in liquid medium were influenced not only by different de...

Are Genetic and Epigenetic Instabilities of Plant Embryogenic Cells a Fatality? The Experience of Coffee Somatic Embryogenesis Hervé Etienne1*, Benoît Bertrand1, Eveline Dechamp1, Patrick Maurel2, Frédéric Georget1, Romain Guyot3 and Jean-Christophe Breitler1 1CIRAD, UMR IPME, 911 Avenue Agropolis, BP 64501, 34394 Montpellier, France 2Medesis Pharma SA, l’Orée des mas,Avenue du golf, 34670 Bail...

Explanted cotyledons from cineraria ‘Jester Pink’ seeds were cultured in vitro on a modified Murashige–Skoog medium containing (in M): 13.5 NAA, 13.5 2,4-D, 4.4 BAP, 13.5 NAA + 4.4 BAP, 13.5 2,4-D + 4.4 BAP or no plant growth regulators (control). Photographs were taken at 7-day intervals for 35 days to follow the embryogenic/organogenic development of the explanted cotyledons. Calorespirometri...