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The influence of carbon sources and polyethylene glycol combined with 0.45 and 0.9% (w/v) of gellan gum on the maturation of maritime pine somatic embryos was tested. The effect of the carbon source and polyethylene glycol varied widely between lines. One out of the five lines tested showed a striking response to polyethylene glycol (PEG) treatment; the addition of this osmoticum limited the embryonal-suspensor mass (ESM) proliferation while it enhanced the maturation rate. Conversely, the ESM proliferation was stimulated by PEG in the other lines without subsequent improvement of the maturation rate. The use of a high concentration of gellan gum (0.9%) improved the maturation of the five ESM lines. It was concluded that the most efficient culture medium to recover cotyledonary embryos from all lines is one supplemented with sucrose at 6% (w/v) and gellan gum at 0.9% (w/v) without PEG. The determining factor in the maturation of maritime pine somatic embryos is the genotype and/or the quality of ESM. The possible relationship between maturation performances and ESM morphology, particularly the suspensor organization, is discussed.
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Ramarosandratana, A., Harvengt, L., Bouvet, A. et al. Effects of carbohydrate source, polyethylene glycol and gellan gum concentration on embryonal-suspensor mass (ESM) proliferation and maturation of maritime pine somatic embryos. In Vitro Cell.Dev.Biol.-Plant 37, 29–34 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11627-001-0006-1
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