Germination and growth of encapsulated somatic embryos of carrot for mass propagation

✍ Scribed by Jun-ichi Shigeta

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 418 KB
• Volume: 9
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0951-208X
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00159247

✦ Synopsis

Shoot growth and root development of plantlets germinated from encapsulated somatic embryos of carrot were promoted by transferring the embryos from a culture medium containing sucrose (1.5%) to a culture vessel with a similar medium without sucrose, which was kept under a constant relative humidity condition (90%) during the culture period. The length and dry weight of plantlet shoots placed on medium supports (ceramic wool) containing a liquid culture medium without sucrose from three weeks after placing encapsulated somatic embryos were approximately two times greater than those placed on medium supports containing a culture medium with sucrose throughout the five-week culture period.