Volume 4 Issue 2, December 1994: 183-189
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Plants regenerated from mesophyll protoplasts of white mulberry
Wei ZhiMing, ZhiHong Xu, JianQiu Huang, Nong Xu, MinRen HUang.
National laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology, Academia Sinica, 300 Fenglin Road, Shanghai 200032, China
Forest Tree Genetics and Breding Laboratory, Nanjing Forest University, Nanjing 210037, China
Correspondence: Wei ZhiMing
Morus alba(white mulberry) mesophyll protoplasts were isolated from leaves of 30-45 day old sterile shoots,with protoplast yields of 2.5 x 107 g-1/F.W. after purification. The protoplasts were cultured in a modified K8P liquid medium containing 0.2 mg/L 2,4-D(2,4- Dichlorophe-noxy acetic acid), 1 mg/L NAA(Naphthyl acetic acid) and 0.5 mg/L BA(6-benzylaminopurine). A low plating density (5 x 104/ml) proved to be favourable to the division of protoplast-derived cells. The first divisioll occurred 4 days after culture, and the division frequency reached 24% at 10 days. A number of cell colonies and microcalli formed in 6 weeks. The microcalli were transferred onto MSB medium with 0.5 mg/L NAA and 0.5 mg/L BA for further proliferation. Shoot formation was initiated when the calli of 3-4 mm in size were transferred onto MSB differentiation medium with 0.1 mg/L NAA and 1 mg/L BA. The frequency of shoot formation was 35%. The shoots of 4-5 cm in height were excised from the callus and rooted on half strength MS medium with 0.5 mg/L IBA and 0.1 mg/L BA. After transplantation into pots, the regenerated plants grew vigorously in the phytotron.
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