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Callus cultures of marigold (Calendula officinalis L.) were induced on Murashige and Skoog medium with different concentrations of auxin (dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) or indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) and cytokinin (kinetin or 6-(γ,γ-dimethylallylamino)purine (2iP). Of all hormone combinations used in the medium, two were the most efficient in promoting callus development: 1.81 μM (0.4 mg l−1) 2,4-D and 1.85 μM (0.4 mg l−1) kinetin (0.4d–0.4k culture) or 0.45 μM (0.1 mg l−1) 2,4-D and 2.02 μM (0.5 mg l−1) 2iP (0.1d–0.5p culture). These combinations were selected to induce cell suspension cultures. The suspension cultures were maintained under light or dark conditions. The light stimulated cell aggregation in the cultures. In both cultures cells were undifferentiated under darkness, whereas in the light, rhyzogenesis was observed in 0.1d–0.5p culture. The cell growth and protein and oleanolic acid contents were determined. Initially, biomass production was similar under light and dark conditions, but after 7–8 months from the induction the cell growth was reduced by approximately 30% in the light, whereas the cell growth of the cultures maintained under darkness did not reveal any changes. The presence of oleanolic acid was detected in the suspension cultures kept in darkness. This compound reached two quantitative peaks: in the lag and stationary phases –- beyond the active growth phase of the culture cycle and its concentration was several times higher in 0.1d–0.5p culture than that in 0.4d–0.4k culture. It was for the first time that callus and suspension cultures were induced from the marigold plant.
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Grzelak, A., Janiszowska, W. Initiation and growth characteristics of suspension cultures of Calendula officinalis cells. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 71, 29–40 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016553909002
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