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Two wild yams of West Africa, Dioscorea abyssinica Hoch, and D. mangenotiana Miège were micropropagated from nodal cultures. Both species produced 4–5 nodes per each node cultured. The size of nodal cuttings was critical, segments shorter than 0.5 cm being less suitable for micropropagation. The number of nodes produced was constant even after 5 cycles of subculture; however, D. abyssinica continuous subculture decreased propagation efficiency, resulting in a reduced number of reculturable nodes at each cycle. In D. mangenotiana, the decrease in multiplication efficiency affected both the number of total and reculturable nodes. Large-sized microtubers were induced on nodal segments maintained under 8-h daylength in both species. In D. abyssinica, however, microtubers were induced on media containing 20, 40, 60 and 80 g l-1 sucrose, whereas in D. mangenotiana only 40 and 60 g l-1 sucrose favoured tuberization. Cytological studies confirmed that the chromosome number of D. abyssinica was 2n=40, although a high incidence of cytochimerism and cells with 2n=38 were observed in root meristems. In D. mangenotiana clones, the chromosome number was 2n=40, as against 2n=72 and 2n=80 reported in literature. This species also displayed karyological stability.
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Abbreviations
- BA:
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benzyladenine
- NAA:
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naphthaleneacetic acid
- PPF:
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photosynthetic photon flux
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Lauzer, D., Laublin, G., Vincent, G. et al. In vitro propagation and cytology of wild yams, Dioscorea abyssinica Hoch. and D. mangenotiana Miège. Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 28, 215–223 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00055520
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