Cryopreservation of the Australian species Macropidia fuliginosa (Haemodoraceae) by vitrification

Somatic embryos were used to develop a cryopreservation protocol for Macropidia fuliginosa, a commercially-important species endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. Somatic embryos were allowed to develop from embryogenic callus for three weeks on an kinetin medium prior to processing. These...

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Main Authors: Turner, Shane, Tan, B., Senaratna, T., Bunn, E., Dixon, Kingsley, Touchell, D.H.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: CRYO LETTERS 2000
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/91302
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author Turner, Shane
Tan, B.
Senaratna, T.
Bunn, E.
Dixon, Kingsley
Touchell, D.H.
author_facet Turner, Shane
Tan, B.
Senaratna, T.
Bunn, E.
Dixon, Kingsley
Touchell, D.H.
author_sort Turner, Shane
building Curtin Institutional Repository
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description Somatic embryos were used to develop a cryopreservation protocol for Macropidia fuliginosa, a commercially-important species endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. Somatic embryos were allowed to develop from embryogenic callus for three weeks on an kinetin medium prior to processing. These were transferred and cultured on a agar solidified basal medium supplemented with 0 to 0.6 M sorbitol for 2 d prior to incubation in Plant Vitrification Solution Two (PVS2). Following this, embryos were then washed in 1 M sucrose solution (treated controls) or cooled in liquid nitrogen (LN). Cooled embryos were then warmed and washed in sucrose solution. Highest survival for cooled treatments (67.3%) was achieved by preculture with 0.4 M sorbitol, then incubation in PVS2. Further experimentation varying pre-culture duration (2 or 3 d) and incubation on either glycerol (0.8 M) or sorbitol (0.4 M) indicated that very high survival (90.6%) of embryos was achievable by adopting a 2 d preculture period on 0.8 M glycerol. The phenotype and growth rates of plants obtained using this protocol were similar to those of parent plants. This optimised procedure was then applied to tissue culture-derived shoot apices of the same clone also resulting in a high survival rate (84.4%).
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-913022023-04-19T06:50:16Z Cryopreservation of the Australian species Macropidia fuliginosa (Haemodoraceae) by vitrification Turner, Shane Tan, B. Senaratna, T. Bunn, E. Dixon, Kingsley Touchell, D.H. Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Biology Physiology Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics Macropidia fuliginosa PVS2 sorbitol glycerol somatic embryos SHOOT TIPS SURVIVAL CELLS Somatic embryos were used to develop a cryopreservation protocol for Macropidia fuliginosa, a commercially-important species endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. Somatic embryos were allowed to develop from embryogenic callus for three weeks on an kinetin medium prior to processing. These were transferred and cultured on a agar solidified basal medium supplemented with 0 to 0.6 M sorbitol for 2 d prior to incubation in Plant Vitrification Solution Two (PVS2). Following this, embryos were then washed in 1 M sucrose solution (treated controls) or cooled in liquid nitrogen (LN). Cooled embryos were then warmed and washed in sucrose solution. Highest survival for cooled treatments (67.3%) was achieved by preculture with 0.4 M sorbitol, then incubation in PVS2. Further experimentation varying pre-culture duration (2 or 3 d) and incubation on either glycerol (0.8 M) or sorbitol (0.4 M) indicated that very high survival (90.6%) of embryos was achievable by adopting a 2 d preculture period on 0.8 M glycerol. The phenotype and growth rates of plants obtained using this protocol were similar to those of parent plants. This optimised procedure was then applied to tissue culture-derived shoot apices of the same clone also resulting in a high survival rate (84.4%). 2000 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/91302 English CRYO LETTERS restricted
spellingShingle Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Biology
Physiology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics
Macropidia fuliginosa
PVS2
sorbitol
glycerol
somatic embryos
SHOOT TIPS
SURVIVAL
CELLS
Turner, Shane
Tan, B.
Senaratna, T.
Bunn, E.
Dixon, Kingsley
Touchell, D.H.
Cryopreservation of the Australian species Macropidia fuliginosa (Haemodoraceae) by vitrification
title Cryopreservation of the Australian species Macropidia fuliginosa (Haemodoraceae) by vitrification
title_full Cryopreservation of the Australian species Macropidia fuliginosa (Haemodoraceae) by vitrification
title_fullStr Cryopreservation of the Australian species Macropidia fuliginosa (Haemodoraceae) by vitrification
title_full_unstemmed Cryopreservation of the Australian species Macropidia fuliginosa (Haemodoraceae) by vitrification
title_short Cryopreservation of the Australian species Macropidia fuliginosa (Haemodoraceae) by vitrification
title_sort cryopreservation of the australian species macropidia fuliginosa (haemodoraceae) by vitrification
topic Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Biology
Physiology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics
Macropidia fuliginosa
PVS2
sorbitol
glycerol
somatic embryos
SHOOT TIPS
SURVIVAL
CELLS
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/91302