Effects of genotype, culture medium and embryo developmental stage on the in vitro responses from ovule cultures of interspecific hybrids of Alstroemeria

Plant Science

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 205-212

  Lu, Chunsheng ^a,b   Bridgen, Mark P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Plant Sciences Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Callus induction; Embryo culture; Inca lily; Incompatibility; Interspecific hybridization; Plant regeneration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006054139     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-9452(96)04385-3     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. M. Ziv, R. Kanterovitz and A.H. Halevy, Vegetative propagation of Alstroemeria in vitro. Sci. Hort., l (1973) 271-277.
2. M.P. Bridgen, Somatic embryogenesis and organogenesis of Alstroemeria. Hort. Sci., 21 (1986) 306 (abstract).
3. P. Winski and M.P. Bridgen, Embryo rescue of Alstroemeria. Hort. Sci., 23 (1988) 758 (abstract).
4. M.E. Gonzalez-Benito and P.C. Alderson, Callus induction and plant regeneration in Alstroemeria. J. Exp. Bot., 43 (1992) 205-211.
5. A.F.C. Tombolato, B. Ruffoni and T. Schiva, In vitro callus regeneration on Alstroemeria, in: Proceedings of the XVIIth Eucarpia Symposium 'Creating Genetic Variation in Ornamentals', Sanremo, Italy, 1993.
6. M.J. Hutchinson, J.M. Tsujita and P.K. Saxena, Callus induction and plant regeneration from mature zygotic embryos of a tetraploid Alstroemeria (A. pelegrina × A. psittacina). Plant Cell Rep., 14 (1994) 184-187.
7. C.S. Lu, Conventional and biotechnological approaches for the genetic improvement of Alstroemeria. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA, 1995.
8. M.J. de Jeu, H. Sasbrink, F.G. Caldeve and J. Piket, Sexual reproduction biology of Alstroemeria. Acta Hort., 325 (1992) 571-575.
9. C. Hu and P. Wang, Embryo culture: technique and applications, in: D.A. Evans, W.R. Sharp and P.V. Ammirato (Eds.), Handbook of Plant Cell Culture, Vol. IV, Macmillan Publishing Co., New York, 1986, pp. 43-96.
10. M. Bridgen, A review of plant embryo culture. Hort. Sci., 29 (1994) 1243-1246.
11. T. Murashige and F. Skoog, A revised medium for rapid growth and bioassays with tobacco tissue cultures. Physiol. Plant, 15 (1962) 473-497.
12. R.G.D. Steel and J.H. Torrie, Principles and Procedures of Statistics, McGraw-Hill Book Company Inc., 1960, pp. 371-372.
13. O.L. Garaborg, R.A. Miller and K. Qjima, Nutrient requirements of suspension cultures of soybean root cells. Exp. Cell Res., 50 (1968) 151-158.
14. SAS Institute Inc., SAS user's guide: statistics, 5th edn., SAS Institute, Cary, NC, 1985.
15. S.E. Maddock, V.A. Lancaster, R. Risiott and J. Franklin, Plant regeneration from cultured immature embryos and inflorescences of 25 cultivars of wheat (Triticum aestivum). J. Exp. Bot., 34 (1983) 915-926.
16. R.K. Kapila and G.S. Sethi, Genotype and age effect on in vitro embryo rescue of bread wheat × hexaploid triticale hybrids. Plant Cell Tissue Organ Culture, 35 (1993) 287-291.
17. M.P. Bridgen, R. Craig and R. Langhans, Biotechnological breeding techniques for Alstroemeria. Herbertia, 45 (1989) 93-96.
18. W. Halperin and D.F. Wetherall, Ammonium requirement for embryogenesis in vitro. Nature, 205 (1965) 519-520.
19. J.M. Reinert, M. Tazawa and S. Semenoff, Nitrogen compounds as factors of embryogenesis in vitro. Nature, 216 (1967) 1215-1216.
20. J. Quinn, J.E. Simon and J. Janick, Recovery of r-linolenic acid from somatic embryos of borage. J. Am. Soc. Hort. Sci., 114 (1989) 511-515.