Abstract
We describe here an efficient and reproducible protocol for isolation and culture of protoplasts from Ulmus minor. Different sources of donor tissues were tested for protoplast isolation: callus and juvenile leaves from in vitro and greenhouse plants. Several combinations and concentrations of hydrolytic enzymes were used. Comparative tests between Cellulase Onozuka R10 and Cellulase Onozuka RS were made and the last one proved to be more efficient. Both the pectinases used, Macerozyme Onozuka R10 and Pectinase (Sigma®), were efficient in protoplast isolation and there was no need for a more active pectinase. In vitro leaves proved to be the best source for protoplast isolation and produced an average of 3.96 × 107 protoplasts per gram of fresh weigh. Elm mesophyll protoplasts were cultured using the advantageous method of agarose droplets and a modification of the Kao and Michayluk culture medium, using two plating densities (1 × 105 and 2 × 105 protoplasts ml−1). Protoplast division and evolution into colonies and microcalli was promoted in the agarose droplets plated at 2 × 105 protoplasts ml−1. Ten weeks after protoplast culture initiation a plating efficiency of 2.7% was attained and the bigger microcalli, with at least 0.5 mm diameter, were transferred to a solid medium previously used for the production of embryogenic callus.
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Abbreviations
- BAP:
-
Benzylaminopurine
- CH:
-
Casein hydrolysate
- CPW:
-
Inorganic salts of Power and Chapman (1985)
- 2,4-D:
-
2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
- DED:
-
Dutch elm disease
- DKW:
-
Driver and Kuniyuki (1984) medium
- FDA:
-
Fluorescein diacetate
- IBA:
-
Indole−3-butyric acid
- Kin:
-
Kinetin
- KM8p:
-
8p Medium from Kao and Michayluk (1975)
- MES buffer:
-
2-(N-morpholino) ethanesulfonic acid
- MS:
-
Murashige and Skoog (1962) medium
- PVP-10:
-
Polyvinylpyrrolidone
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Conde, P., Santos, C. An Efficient Protocol for Ulmus minor Mill. Protoplast Isolation and Culture in Agarose Droplets. Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 86, 359–366 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11240-006-9122-2
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