A modified 1/2MS medium supplemented with 3 mM 2,4-D was effective for callus induction from bamboo shoots of Phyllostachys nigra Munro var. Henonis. In the first phase (phase 1), some parts of the explants enlarged and gave rise to whitish-yellow calli after 2-3 weeks of culture. During maintenance subcultures, almost all explants and the initially formed calli turned brown and these calli gradually lost their proliferation capacity (phase 2). Removal of the necrotic potions of explants, and frequent subcultures at phase 2 was essential. Secondary proliferated calli were subsequently produced on the surface of brown tissues (phase 3). These calli could be maintained on both solid and liquid media. The liquid suspension cells had a blue to pale blue autofluorescence in the cell walls. These cells fluoresced strongly when stained with Calcofluor White M2R and Aniline Blue, indicating the presence of callose (b-1,3-glucan) in a cellulosic wall. Endogenous free amino acids analyses indicated that glutamine, g-aminobutyric acid, and alanine were the major amino acids in callus tissues whereas asparagine and tyrosine were abundant in the regenerated bamboo shoots.Key words: Bamboo, callus, Phyllostachys nigra, suspension culture.
Original Paper
Copyright © 2005 The Japanese Society for Plant Cell and Molecular BiologyAbbreviations: BA, 6-benzyladenine; 2,4-D, 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid; MS medium, Murashige and Skoog medium; Picloram, 4-amino-3,5,6-trichloropyridine-2-carboxylic acid.
Materials and methods
Plant materialsBamboo shoots of P. nigra were collected in mid-May 2003 and from early to mid-June 2004 at Takayama, Nara, Japan. Young bamboo shoots 20-30 cm in length were selected as plant materials. Culm-sheaths were removed, and then washed in water with several drops of a detergent for 30 min. After soaking, the shoots were surface sterilized first with 70% ethyl alcohol for 20 min followed by a 2% NaClO with several drops of Tween 20 for 60 min. After sterilization, they were rinsed 3 times with sterile distilled water, dried on sterile paper, and used as explants.
Induction and maintenance of bamboo calliA modified half strength Murashige and Skoog (m1/2MS) medium (Murashige and Skoog 1962) was used as the basal medium. The concentrations of inorganic elements were reduced to half of the original and 30 g l Ϫ1 sucrose was added. Plant growth regulators 2,4-D, Picloram, and BA were added to m1/2MS medium at 0, 1, 3, 10, and 30 mM, respectively. The pH of the media was adjusted to 5.7 and 3 g l Ϫ1 gellan gum was added before autoclaving. The complete media were autoclaved for 20 min at 120°C and a 20 ml aliquot of each medium was poured into a 90ϫ15 mm petri dish. Inner portions of the sterile bamboo shoots (ca. 1-3 cm 2 ) were excised and 2-4 pieces of the excised tissues were cultured on each dish. Maintenance subculture was carried out on m1/2MS media of the same compositions of the induction media at 3-to 4-week intervals. All the dishes with explants were incubated in the dark at 26°C.
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