ISSN:
1573-5044
Keywords:
Lens culinaris
;
protoplasts
;
osmoticum
;
agarose
;
callus formation
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract Protoplasts of Lens culinaris Medik. cv. Eston were isolated from epicotyl tissues of seedlings grown on Murashige & Skoog basal medium. For isolating the protoplasts, epicotyl tissues were digested for 12–14 h at 25°C in an isolation mixture (pH 5.7) containing 1% Cellulase RS, 0.5% Driselase, 0.25% Pectolyase Y23, 0.2M calcium chloride, 10 mM mannitol and 10 mM MES. Protoplasts were purified by flotation over 20% sucrose and washed with 0.2 M calcium chloride solution supplemented with 10 mM mannitol. Purified protoplasts were cultured at a density of 105 ml-1 in agarose (Seaplaque, 0.6%) blocks which were suspended in an identical but liquid KM8P culture medium lacking amino acids, ammonium nitrate, and coconut water but containing 0.35 M glucose and a growth regulator complement of either 2.2 μM 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), 2.7 μM naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA), 2.3 μM N-(2-furanylmethyl)-1H-purine-6-amine (kinetin), 2.2 μM benzylamino purine (BAP), 2.3 μM 2-methyl-4-(1H-purine-6-ylamino)-2-buten-1-ol (zeatin), and 1.4 μM gibberellic acid (GA3), or 5.4 μM NAA and 2.2 μM each of 2,4-D and BAP. The osmotic potential of the liquid culture medium was gradually reduced over a period of 3 weeks by replacing the spent medium with a fresh medium containing 0.25, 0.1 and 0 M glucose at weekly intervals. About 6% of the dividing protoplasts developed into cell colonies after 3 weeks of culture at 25°C in diffuse light (10 μE m-2s-1). In 35–42 days the microcolonies were about 1 mm in diameter and developed into calli on transfer to agar-solidified B5 medium supplemented with growth regulators used in the protoplast culture medium and 5 mM glutamine. Attempts to regenerate plants from protoplast-derived calli have so far been unsuccessful.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00034762
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