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GENOMICS, MOLECULAR GENETICS & BIOTECHNOLOGY

Effects of Growth Regulators on In Vitro Plant Regeneration in Durum Wheat

^a Dep. of Statistics, North Dakota State Univ., Fargo, ND 58105
^b USDA-ARS, Northern Crop Science Lab., Fargo, ND 58105

^* Corresponding author (prem.jauhar{at}ndsu.nodak.edu).

Work on improvement of durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L.) using tools of biotechnology is limited. Development of a reliable in vitro plant regeneration procedure for this important cereal is a prerequisite for its improvement by genetic transformation. Here, we report the effects of three growth regulators (GRs), 2,4-D (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid), picloram (4-amino-3,5,6-trichloropicolinic acid), and dicamba (3,6-dichloro-o-anisic acid), on callus induction and plant regeneration from scutellum cultures of four commercial durum cultivars: Ben, Maier, Munich, and Lebsock. Callus induction was obtained from isolated scutella cultured on modified Murashige and Skoog (MS) basal medium. After 4 wk of callus induction, all calli were plated on MS basal medium for regeneration. The regenerated plantlets were fertile, maintained the normal chromosome number (2n = 4x = 28) and structure as revealed by fluorescent genomic in situ hybridization (fl-GISH), and showed no apparent somaclonal variation. Genotype and callus induction medium played a dominant role in plantlet regeneration. Dicamba proved the best GR for inducing compact callus and also gave the highest proportion (0.16) of regenerated plants across the four cultivars. Overall, Maier gave the highest proportion (0.27) of plantlet regeneration when dicamba at 2.0 mg L^–1 concentration was used for initial callus induction. These results will facilitate genetic transformation work with durum wheat.

Abbreviations: fl-GISH, fluorescent genomic in situ hybridization • GR, growth regulator • MS, Murashige and Skoog

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Crop Science 2004 44: 1507-1510. [Full Text]