Isolation, culture and regeneration of avocado (Persea americana Mill.) protoplast

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 235-242

  Witjaksono, ^a   Litz, R E ^a   Grosser, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Avocado; Persea americana; Protoplast; Somatic embryo

Indexed keywords

2 N MORPHOLINOETHANESULFONIC ACID; CELLULASE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GLUTAMINE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; PECTOLYASE; PROTOPLAST CULTURE; PROTOPLAST; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS; SUSPENSION CELL CULTURE; ZYGOTE;

PERSEA AMERICANA; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0032447855     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002990050563     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Bergh BO, Ellstrand N (1986) Taxonomy of the avocado. Calif Avocado Soc Yearb 74:135-145
2. Buckle W, Muhlbach HP, Sanger HL (1986) Conditions for the isolation of protoplasts from callus cultures of avocado (Persea americana) (abstract). Int Cong Plant Tissue Cell Cult V, Minneapolis, p 357
3. Ding AP, Wang HF, Chao YF (1995) Plant regeneration from cotyledon and cell suspension protoplasts of apple (Malus X domestica cv 'Starkrimson'). Plant Cell Tissue Organ Cult 40: 145-149
4. d'Utra Vaz FB, dos Santos AVP, Manders G, Cocking EC, Davey MR, Power JB (1993) Plant regeneration from leaf mesophyll protoplasts of the tropical woody plant passionfruit (Passiflora edulis fv. flavicarpa Degener.): the importance of the antibiotic cefotaxime in the culture medium. Plant Cell Rep 12: 220-225
5. Frearson EM, Power JB, Cocking EC (1973) The isolation, culture and regeneration of Petunia leaf protoplasts. Dev Biol 33: 130-137
6. Gamborg OL, Miller RA, Ojima K (1968) Plant cell cultures. I. Nutrient requirements of suspension cultures of soybean root cells. Exp Cell Res 50:151-158
7. Grosser JW (1994) Observations and suggestions for improving somatic hybridization by protoplast isolation, fusion and culture. HortScience 29:1241-1243
8. Grosser JW, Gmitter FG Jr (1990) Protoplast fusion and citrus improvement. Plant Breed Rev 8:339-374
9. Higashi K, Kamada H, Harada H (1996) The effects of reduced nitrogenous compounds suggest that glutamine synthase activity is involved in the development of somatic embryos in carrot. Plant Cell Tissue Organ Cult 45:109-114
10. Huang CN, Cornejo MJ, Bush DS, Jones RL (1986) Estimating viability of plant protoplasts using double and single staining. Protoplasma 135:80-87
11. Jumin HS, Nito N (1996a) Plant regeneration via somatic embryogenesis from protoplasts of six plant species related to Citrus. Plant Cell Rep 15:332-336
12. Jumin HS, Nito N (1996b) Plant regeneration via somatic embryogenesis from protoplasts of Uganda sweet orange (Citropsis schweinfurthii). Plant Cell Rep 15:754-757
13. Kao KN, Michayluk MR (1975) Nutritional requirements for growth of Vicia hajastana cells and protoplasts at a very low population density in liquid media. Planta 126:105-110
14. Kobayashi SI, Ikeda I, Uchiyama H (1985) Conditions for high frequency embryogenesis from orange (Citrus sinensis Osb.) protoplasts. Plant Cell Tissue Organ Cult 4:249-259
15. Ling JT, Nito N, Iwamasa M, Kunitake H (1990) Plant regeneration from protoplasts isolated from embryogenic callus of satsuma. HortScience 25:970-972
16. Matsuta N, Hirabayashi T, Akihama T, Kozai I (1986) Callus formation from protoplasts of peach cell suspension culture. Sci Hortic 28:59-64
17. Mooney PA, van Staden J (1987) Induction of embryogenesis in callus from immature embryos of Persea americana. Can J Bot 65:622-626
18. Murashige T, Skoog F (1992) A revised medium for growth and bioassays with tobacco tissue cultures. Physiol Plant 15:473-497
19. Ochatt SJ (1990) Plant regeneration from root callus protoplasts of sour cherry (Prunus cerasus L.) Plant Cell Rep 9:268-271
20. Ochatt SJ, Power JB (1988) Plant regeneration from mesophyll protoplasts of Williams' Bon Chretien (syn. Bartlett) pear (Pyrus communis L.). Plant Cell Tissue Organ Cult 13:159-164
21. Ochatt, SJ, Rech EL, Davey MR, Power JB (1988) Long term effect of electroporation on enhancement of growth and plant regener-ation of colt cherry (Prunus avium Xpseudocerasus) protoplasts. Plant Cell Rep 7:393-395
22. Ochatt SJ, Patat-Ochatt EM, Power JB (1992) Protoplasts. In: Hammerschlag FA, Litz RE (eds) Biotechnology of perennial fruit crops. CAB Int Wallingford Oxon, pp 77-104
23. Oliveira MM, Pais MSS (1991) Plant regeneration from protoplasts of long term callus cultures of Actinidia deliciosa var 'deliciosa ' cv Hayward (kiwifruit). Plant Cell Rep 9:643-646
24. Percival FW, Cass LG, Bozak C, Christoffersen R (1991) Avocado fruit protoplasts: a cellular model system for ripening studies. Plant Cell Rep 10:512-516
25. Pliego-Alfaro F (1988) Development of an in vitro rooting bioassay using juvenile phase stem cuttings of Persea americana Mill. J Hortic Sci 63:295-301
26. Pliego-Alfaro F, Bergh BO (1992) Avocado. In: Hammerschlag FA, Litz RE (eds) Biotechnology of perennial fruit crops. CAB Int Wallingford Oxon, pp 323-333
27. Pliego Alfaro F, Murashige T (1988) Somatic embryogenesis in avocado (Persea americana Mill.) in vitro. Plant Cell Tissue Organ Cult 12:61-66
28. Reustle G, Harst M, Alleweldt G (1995) Plant regeneration of grape-vine (Vitis sp.) protoplasts isolated from embryogenic tissue. Plant Cell Rep 15:238-241
29. SAS Institute (1989) SAS user's guide: statistics. SAS Institute, Cary, N.C.
30. Sim GE, Loh CS, Goh CJ (1988) Direct somatic embryogenesis from protoplasts of Citrus mitis Blanco. Plant Cell Rep 7:418-420
31. Tao R, Tamura M, Yonemori K, Sugiura A (1991) Plant regeneration from callus protoplasts of adult Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki L.) Plant Sci 79:119-125
32. Vardi A, Galim E (1988) Recent advances in protoplast culture of horticultural crops: Citrus. Sci Hortic 37:217-230
33. Vardi A, Spiegel Roy P, Galun E (1975) Citrus cell culture: isolation of protoplasts, plating densities, effects of mutagens and regeneration of embryos. Plant Sci Lett 4:231-236
34. Vardi A, Hutchinson DJ, Galun E (1986) A protoplast-to-tree system in Microcitrus based on protoplasts derived from a sustained embryogenic callus. Plant Cell Rep 5:412-414
35. Witjaksono (1997) Development of protocols for avocado tissue culture: somatic embryogenesis, protoplast culture, shoot proliferation and protoplast fusion. PhD thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville