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Immature zygotic embryos from 20 open-pollinated (OP) families of maritime pine (Pinus pinaster) plus trees were screened for their somatic embryogenic capacity. The best time for zygotic embryo collection was between 30th June and 16th July 1999 when most embryos were at a pre-cotyledonary stage of development. The somatic embryogenesis (SE) initiation frequency was highest on DCR basal medium with 13.6 µM 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and 4.4 µM 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP) supplemented with L-glutamine and casein hydrolysate. On this medium, initiation frequencies among OP families ranged from 4.6 to 49.1%. Initiation of embryogenic cell lines from all 20 OP families was possible only on DCR based medium, but the addition of L-glutamine and casein hydrolysate significantly increased the number of zygotic embryos producing SE. Most families showed a similar behaviour on different initiation media; however, a few exceptions were observed. Further development of somatic embryos on maturation medium, consisting of DCR with 120 µM abscisic acid (ABA), 100 g l−1 polyethylene glycol (PEG) and 10 g l−1 gellan gum, occurred in 29% of 896 embryogenic lines representing all 20 OP families. However, development into cotyledonary somatic embryos was observed in only 11% of the cell lines, but this still represented 18 OP families.
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Miguel, C., Gonçalves, S., Tereso, S. et al. Somatic Embryogenesis from 20 Open-Pollinated Families of Portuguese Plus Trees of Maritime Pine. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 76, 121–130 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:TICU.0000007253.91771.e3
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