Regeneration of adventitious shoots from mature stored cotyledons of Japanese plum (Prunus salicina Lind1)

Canli F. A., Tian L.

SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE, vol.120, no.1, pp.64-69, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 120 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2009
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.scienta.2008.09.017
  • Journal Name: SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.64-69
  • Süleyman Demirel University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Adventitious shoot regeneration from mature stored cotyledons of Japanese plum (Prunus salicina Lind1) was achieved in vitro. The influences of the presence and absence of the light, different concentrations of thidiazuron (TDZ) and benzyladenine (BA) in the culture media, TDZ pretreatments and different basal salts on shoot regeneration were evaluated. TDZ was more effective in inducing shoot regeneration from mature stored cotyledons than BA. Dark incubation significantly increased the regeneration frequencies. Quoirin/Lepoivre (QL) basal salts stimulated shoot regeneration more than woody plant (WPM) or B5 salts did. The frequency of adventitious shoot formation varied among the varieties and the regeneration ability appeared to be genotype depended. The frequency of regeneration under the optimum tested conditions for 'Bruce', 'Shiro', 'Redheart', 'Gladstone' and 'Early Golden' cotyledons were 66.7%, 46.7%, 43.3%, 26.7% and 6.7%, respectively. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.