Somatic embryogenesis is the process by which somatic cells are induced into an embryogenic state, followed by differentiation into embryos. Somatic embryogenesis, in addition to being a method of propagation, can serve as an experimental tool for research into plant embryo development. This is a review of the current literature on in vitro plant somatic embryogenesis and the molecular advances...

The variability shown by Asystasia gangetica (L.) T. Anderson has been thoroughly analyzed considering gross and micromorphology. species shows in flower color leaf shape among the accessions collected from different geographical locations. However, microspore sculpturing was found to be uniform seed surface architecture showed variation one of as well A. var. krishnae.

Grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) crop yield is significantly compromised by high temperature stress-induced male sterility, and is attributed to reduced cell wall invertase (CWI)-mediated sucrose hydrolysis in microspores and anthers leading to altered carbohydrate metabolism and starch deficiency in pollen (Jain et al., 2007). Sorghum plants were grown under season-long ambient (30/20 degrees C...

Knobbed regions of the regular maize complement frequently are eliminated at the second microspore division in spores which have two or more B chromosomes. Evidence is presented that no or little loss occurs in spores with one B and that the rate is not increased in spores with more than two B's.-The B chromosomes from an unrelated strain proved as effective in inducing loss as did the B's of t...

this study involves in vitro androgenesis of zea maysl. via anther culture. combination of two embryoinduction media (imss & ypm) in presence of different colchicine concentrations (0, 100, 200, 250, 300and 400 mg/l ) in the pretreatment medium (iml) andpretreatment duration (0, 3, 6 and 9 days) in twogenotypes (dh5×dh7 and eth-m82) were tested.after colchicine pretreatment, anthers were tr...

The pollen cell wall is important for protection of male sperm from physical stresses and consists of an inner gametophyte-derived intine layer and a sporophyte-derived exine layer. The polymeric constituents of the robust exine are termed sporopollenin. The mechanisms by which sporopollenin is anchored onto microspores and polymerized in specific patterns are unknown, but the primexine, a tran...

Evening primrose (Oenothera biennis L.) is a wild flower with high and valuable oil content. High seedshattering, indeterminate inflorescence and heterogeneous germination limit the commercial cultivation ofthis plant. Besides agronomical research, breeding programs can also remedy the above mentioned problems.Since traditional breeding methods take a long time, using techniqu...