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The production of doubled haploid (DH) plants from microspores is an important technique used in plant breeding programs and basic research. Although doubled haploidy efficiencies in wheat and barley are sufficient for breeding purposes, oat (Avena sativa L.) is considered recalcitrant. The objective of this project was to develop a protocol for the production of microspore-derived embryos of oat and further develop these embryos into fertile DH plants. A number of experiments were conducted evaluating the factors influencing microspore embryogenesis, i.e. donor plant conditions, pretreatments, media composition, and culture conditions. The initial studies yielded little response, and it was not until high microspore densities (106 microspores/mL and greater) were used that embryogenesis was achieved. Depending on the treatment, yields of over 5,000 embryos/106 microspores were obtained for breeding line 2000QiON43. The doubled haploidy protocol includes: a 0.3 M mannitol pretreatment of the tillers for 7 days, culture in W14 basal medium with a pH of 6.5–7.5, a microspore density of 106 microspores/mL, and continuous incubation at 28 °C incubation. The resulting embryos observed after 28 days were plated onto solidified W14 medium with 0.8 or 1.0 g/L activated charcoal. A colchicine treatment of 0.2 % colchicine for 4 h resulted in conversion of 80 % of the plants from haploid to DH. This protocol was successful for the production of oat microspore-derived embryos and DH green plants with minimal albinism. DH seed was produced and planted for evaluation in a field nursery.
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The authors acknowledge and thank the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture and the Agriculture and Development Fund in supporting and providing funding for the project, Shelley Duncan and the field staff at the Crop Development Center (Saskatoon, SK) for the field evaluation, and K. L. Caswell and S. M. H. Slater for evaluation of the manuscript.
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Ferrie, A.M.R., Irmen, K.I., Beattie, A.D. et al. Isolated microspore culture of oat (Avena sativa L.) for the production of doubled haploids: effect of pre-culture and post-culture conditions. Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 116, 89–96 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11240-013-0385-0
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