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A novel method for direct organogenesis in onion (Allium cepa L.) resulting in the formation of multiple shoot structures induced on mature flower buds or ovaries in a two-step culture procedure is described. Flowers were cultured on an induction medium containing 2 mg/l 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and 2 mg/l 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP). After 6 days (superior to 3 or 12 days), flowers or extracted ovaries were transferred to a differentiation medium containing 2 mg/l thidiazuron (TDZ). Medium solidification with gellan gum was superior to agar or agar/gellan gum mixture. A similar regeneration frequency was achieved at high (100 g/l) and lower (50 g/l) sucrose content. Regeneration was obtained from all 12 cultivars or inbred lines examined, although the efficiency and the occurrence of hyperhydricity varied depending on genotype and procedure used. Studies of plant growth regulators revealed that in the induction medium, the auxin 2,4-D was superior to 5 mg/l naphthaleneacetic acid or picloram, which partially or completely inhibited regeneration. Omitting cytokinin in the induction medium or substitution of BAP with 2 mg/l 2iP lowered regeneration, while substitution with 1 mg/l TDZ was equally effective. In the differentiation medium, lower concentrations of TDZ (1 and 0.5 mg/l) or substitution of TDZ with 5 mg/l BAP were equally or less effective.
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Received: 14 October 1998 / Revision received: 19 November 1998 / Accepted: 30 November 1998
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Luthar, Z., Bohanec, B. Induction of direct somatic organogenesis in onion (Allium cepa L.) using a two-step flower or ovary culture. Plant Cell Reports 18, 797–802 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002990050664
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