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protoplasts was developed for the Liliaceous ornamental plant, Agapanthus praecox ssp. orientalis (Leighton) Leighton `Royal Purple Select' (2n=2x=32).Viable protoplasts were routinely isolated from leaf-derived embryogenic calluses with yields of 0.8 to 1.5x10 protoplasts per g FW of calluses. Protoplasts started to divide 5 to 7 days after isolation, and protoplast-derived colonies consisting of 50 to 100 cells were obtained after 1 month. A plating efficiency of 0.8% was obtained after 2 months of culture using a gellan gum-solidified medium containing 1 mg 1-1 each of PIC and BA under continuous illumination. Protoplastderived calluses produced somatic embryos at a frequency of 46.7 % on PGR-free medium, whereas 68.3 % of the calluses regenerated adventitious shoots on a medium containing 1 mg 1-1 BA. Somatic embryos and adventitious shoots developed into plantlets, which were successfully transplanted to pots. Flow cytometric analysis and chromosome observation revealed that both diploid and tetraploid plants were regenerated from protoplasts.
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Nakano, M., Tanaka, S., Oota, M. et al. Regeneration of diploid and tetraploid plants from callus-derived protoplasts of Agapanthus praecox ssp. orientalis (Leighton) Leighton. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 72, 63–69 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021290106221
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