In vitro organogenesis optimization and plantlet regeneration in Citrus sinensis and C. limonia

Scientia Agricola

Weliton Antonio Bastos De Almeida²  Francisco De Assis Alves Mourão Filho¹  Beatriz Madalena Januzzi Mendes¹  Adriana Pinheiro Martinelli Rodriguez¹ 

[1] ,UFBA AGR Depto. de FitotecniaCruz das Almas BA

关键词: adventitious bud;    rooting;    genetic transformation;    gema adventícia;    enraizamento;    transformação genética;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0103-90162002000100004

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Exogenous genes can be introduced in plants by genetic transformation techniques. However, an efficient tissue culture system with high rates of plant recovery is necessary for gene introduction. This work aimed to define organogenesis and plant regeneration protocols for sweet orange varieties Natal, Valencia and Hamlin (Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck) and Rangpur lime (Citrus limonia L. Osbeck) which can be used in plant transformation experiments. Seeds of which teguments were removed, were germinated in vitro and maintained in the dark for three weeks, followed by one week at 16-h photoperiod (40 µmol m-2 s-1) and 27 ± 2°C. Organogenesis induction was done by introducing epicotyl segments in MT medium with 25 g L-1 sucrose and different BAP concentrations. After adventitious bud growth, the shoots were transferred to MT medium with either NAA or IBA (1 mg L-1), or absence of auxin, for rooting. The best results were obtained with 1 mg L-1 BAP for bud induction and 1 mg L-1 IBA for rooting for all three sweet orange cultivars. The use of 0.5-2.5 mg L-1 BAP, followed by 1 mg L-1 IBA were the best growth regulator combinations for bud induction and rooting, respectively, for 'Rangpur' lime. The protocols presented in this work are suitable for associations with genetic transformation experiments for these cultivars.

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