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Conditions for efficient direct somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration of leaf explants from carnation cultivars Lena (SIM group) and Bulgarian spray cultivars Nasslada, Yanita, Regina and Line 84 were established. Murashige and Skoog (MS) liquid medium supplemented with 1 mg/l 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and 0.2 mg/l 6-benzylaminopurine was used for direct induction of embryoids without an additional callus phase. The first globular structures were observed after 20 days of cultivation. Their further development to the torpedo stage was correlated with the presence of polyethylene glycol (PEG 6000). Somatic embryo maturation was promoted by casein hydrolysate (1000 mg/l) in MS liquid media. The percentage conversion of embryos and polyembryos to whole plants varied between 10 and 75% among studied cultivars. Plantlets regenerated by this procedure were morphologically identical to the donor material and developed normally in a greenhouse.
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Yantcheva, A., Vlahova, M. & Atanassov, A. Direct somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration of carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.). Plant Cell Reports 18, 148–153 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002990050548
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002990050548