PHYSIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS DURING THE INITIAL STAGES OF EMBRYOGENESIS IN CULTURES OF DAUCUS CAROTA L

Autor: Graham S. Warren, Michael W. Fowler
Rok vydání: 1981
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Zdroj: New Phytologist. 87:481-486
ISSN: 1469-8137
0028-646X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1981.tb03220.x
Popis: SUMMARY Somatic globular embryos of carrot develop abnormally when transferred at low density to fresh, minus-auxin medium, whereas normal development ensues after transfer to conditioned medium, or to fresh medium at high densities. It is suggested that a critical level of an ‘embryo factor’ is required to co-ordinate cell division and morphogenesis. Embryo death occurs after the heart stage in minus-auxin cultures of low embryogenic potential. This behaviour may result from the production of auxin as these cultures show some plus-auxin characteristics. The decline in the capacity for normal embryogenesis which often accompanies repeated subculture is suggested to result, in part, from a combination of these factors.
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