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    Interspecific crossing between yam species (Dioscorea rotundata and Dioscorea bulbifera) through in vitro ovule culture

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    Date
    2016-06-22
    Author
    Saini, H.
    Kashihara, Y.
    López Montes, A.
    Asiedu, Robert
    Type
    Journal Article
    Target Audience
    Scientists
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    In the present study, in vitro ovule culture technique was used to obtain interspecific cross combination of Dioscorea rotundata ufenyi and Dioscorea bulbifera wild. Ten days after pollination, ovules were excised and cultured onto 1/2 strength Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium (Basal salt mixture + Vitamins) supplemented with 6% sucrose, 0.7% agar and plant growth hormones such as GA3, BAP, Picrolam and TDZ. Cultured ovules were transferred on 1/2 MS medium with 3% sucrose and 0.7% agar after three weeks. 40 days after pollination, germination was observed from 7 months cultured ovule between D. rotundata ufenyi x D. bulbifera wild. Hybridity of the regenerated plant was checked by flow cytometric method. A close relation was observed between the fluorescence intensity of the obtained progeny with one of the parents’ fluorescence. The observed progeny can be closely correlated with an apomictic tissue from an ovule parent of D. rotundata ufenyi. Plantlets derived from ovule culture were proliferated through in vitro shoot multiplication with hormonal concentration (0.5 mg/l BAP) supplemented with 1/2 strength MS medium. Obtained ovule culture derived in vitro plantlets were successfully hardened, acclimatized and transferred to the field, where they survived and grew normally. In plant breeding, interspecific crossing is very important technique, enabling the time needed to produce homozygous lines to be shortened as compared to the conventional plant breeding techniques.
    https://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ajps.2016.78122
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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/1170
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    https://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ajps.2016.78122
    IITA Subjects
    Yam
    Agrovoc Terms
    In Vitro; Dioscorea Rotundata; Dioscorea Bulbifera
    Regions
    Africa; West Africa
    Countries
    Nigeria
    Journals
    American Journal of Plant Sciences
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