Abstract
Nineteen accessions of diploid Medicago sativa L. belonging to the four subspecies sativa, caerula, falcata and xvaria were screened for their ability to produce somatic embryos on hypocotyl-derived callus. Two medium protocols were used in this study, a three-step sequence with exposure of the callus cultures to a high 2,4-D concentration and a two-step sequence without exposure to a high 2,4-D concentration. Considerable variation for callus proliferation was observed. In general, the diploid M. sativa accessions showed poor regenerability and it was not possible to correlate high regeneration frequencies with a particular germplasm source. It was, however, possible to identify regenerable genotypes in all four subspecies. One falcata accession produced somatic embryos on the callus induction media at high frequencies. This response was also obtained with a few genotypes from one xvaria accession. All regenerable plants were maintained as shoot cultures and were able to form somatic embryos on petiole-derived calli.
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Abbreviations
- BA:
-
6-benzyladenine
- 2,4-D:
-
2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
- IAA:
-
indole-3-acetic acid
- 2iP:
-
iso-pentyladenine
- NAA:
-
α-naphthaleneacetic acid
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Meijer, E.G.M., Brown, D.C.W. Screening of diploid Medicago sativa germplasm for somatic embryogenesis. Plant Cell Reports 4, 285–288 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00269379
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