Somatic embryogenesis in Carica papaya as affected by auxins and explants, and morphoanatomical-related aspects

The aim of this study was to evaluate somatic embryogenesis in juvenile explants of the THB papaya cultivar. Apical shoots and cotyledonary leaves were inoculated in an induction medium composed of different concentrations of 2,4-D (6, 9, 12, 15 and 18 µM) or 4-CPA (19, 22, 25, 28 and 31 µM). The em...

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Autores: Cruz, Ana Cláudia F., Cipriano, Jamile L.D., Mancini, Karina C., Schmildt, Edilson R., Lopes, José Carlos, Otoni, Wagner C., Alexandre, Rodrigo S.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV)
Repositorio:LOCUS Repositório Institucional da UFV
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:locus.ufv.br:123456789/18791
Acceso en línea:http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0001-3765201820160252
http://www.locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/18791
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Carica papaya L.
Juvenile explants
Maturation
Microscopic analysis
Synthetic auxins
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Sumario:The aim of this study was to evaluate somatic embryogenesis in juvenile explants of the THB papaya cultivar. Apical shoots and cotyledonary leaves were inoculated in an induction medium composed of different concentrations of 2,4-D (6, 9, 12, 15 and 18 µM) or 4-CPA (19, 22, 25, 28 and 31 µM). The embryogenic calluses were transferred to a maturation medium for 30 days. Histological analysis were done during the induction and scanning electron microscopy after maturing. For both types of auxin, embryogenesis was achieved at higher frequencies with cotyledonary leaves incubated in induction medium than with apical shoots; except for callogenesis. The early-stage embryos (e.g., globular or heart-shape) predominated. Among the auxins, best results were observed in cotyledonary leaves induced with 4-CPA (25 µM). Histological analyses of the cotyledonary leaf-derived calluses confirmed that the somatic embryos (SEs) formed from parenchyma cells, predominantly differentiated via indirect and multicellular origin and infrequently via synchronized embryogenesis. The secondary embryogenesis was observed during induction and maturation phases in papaya THB cultivar. The combination of ABA (0.5 µM) and AC (15 g L^-1) in maturation medium resulted in the highest somatic embryogenesis induction frequency (70 SEs callus^-1) and the lowest percentage of early germination (4%).