Hb. Jumin et N. Nito, PLANT-REGENERATION VIA SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS FROM PROTOPLASTS OF UGANDA CHERRY ORANGE (CITROPSIS-SCHWEINFURTHII), Plant cell reports, 15(10), 1996, pp. 754-757
Protoplasts isolated from embryogenic callus of Citropsis schweinfurth
ii (Engl.) Swing. & M. Kell were cultured in MT (Murashige and Tucker
1969) basal medium containing 5% sucrose supplemented with 0.0, 0.001,
0.01, 0.1 or 1.0 mg l(-1) BA, 0, 300, 600 or 900 mg l(-1) malt extrac
t and 0.6 M sorbitol. The highest plating efficiency was obtained on M
T basal medium containing 5% sucrose supplemented with 0.01 mg l(-1) B
A and 600 mg l(-1) malt extract. MT basal medium containing 5% sucrose
and supplemented with 0.01 mg l(-1) kinetin was found to be a medium
suitable for the development of globular somatic embryos derived from
protoplasts into heart-shaped somatic embryos with cotyledon-like stru
ctures. The highest percentage of shoot formation was obtained using 0
.1 mg l(-1) GPS. A complete protoplast-to-plant system was developed f
or C. schweinfurthii, which could facilitate the transfer of nuclear a
nd cytoplasmic genes from this species into cultivated Citrus through
protoplast fusion.