Various preconditioning treatments of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) somatic embryos to improve embryo quality and conversion were studied. Four different regenerating genotypes were compared. Embryogenic cultures were established in liquid culture. Globular embryos were collected and plated on an embryo development medium until they reached cotyledonary stage. They were then exposed to three treatments: a standard embryo development medium (control), media supplementation with 1 mu M abscisic acid (ABA), 50 mM glutamine and 5% sucrose (T), additional supplementation with 50 mu M ABA (TT), and additional supplementation followed by desiccation (TTD). Treatments affected embryo conversion, but not uniformly for all genotypes. Embryo conversion was increased (P < 0.05) by pretreatment (T), while only one exhibited any response to additional ABA (T vs. TT). Desiccation decreased (P < 0.05) conversion of pretreated embryos (TT vs. TTD) of all genotypes. The effect of treatments on plantlet weight was less pronounced and inconsistent across genotypes.
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NI Vavilov All Russian Inst Plant Genet Resources, Fed Res Ctr, St Petersburg, RussiaNI Vavilov All Russian Inst Plant Genet Resources, Fed Res Ctr, St Petersburg, Russia
Dzyubenko, N. I.
Dyubenko, E. A.
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NI Vavilov All Russian Inst Plant Genet Resources, Fed Res Ctr, St Petersburg, RussiaNI Vavilov All Russian Inst Plant Genet Resources, Fed Res Ctr, St Petersburg, Russia