Abstract
Red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) seedlings were screened for the ability to regenerate plantlets from hypocotyl-derived callus tissue. Media sequences described by Beach and Smith (1979) and Collins and Phillips (1982) and a variation using media from both sequences were tested. Plantlets were regenerated from three out of 642 genotypes. In all three cases, callus was initiated on B5C medium and regeneration was accomplished on SPL medium. Attempts to regenerate plants from petiole-derived callus tissue have so far been successful only with regenerants of clone F49. Petiole callus from epicotyl-derived F49 plants proved to be non-regenerative. Pollen viability varied significantly among individuals regenerated from callus cultures of clone F49. Root tip squashes from F49 regenerants revealed the normal diploid chromosome number (2n=14). The frequency of regeneration within progeny from reciprocal crosses between F49 regenerants and several non-regenerative genotypes was 29%.
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Abbreviations
- 2,4-D:
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2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
- BAP:
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benzylaminopurine
- KN:
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kinetin
- NAA:
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∝-naphthaleneacetic acid
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MacLean, N.L., Nowak, J. Plant regeneration from hypocotyl and petiole callus of Trifolium pratense L.. Plant Cell Reports 8, 395–398 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00270077
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