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Induced Embryo Formation in Anther Cultures of Several Anemone Species
Author(s) -
JOHANSSON LARS,
ERIKSSON TAGE
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
physiologia plantarum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.351
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1399-3054
pISSN - 0031-9317
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-3054.1977.tb04052.x
Subject(s) - anemone , abscisic acid , embryo , stamen , botany , biology , pollen , cytokinin , activated charcoal , auxin , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , biochemistry , organic chemistry , adsorption , gene
Embryo formation was induced in anther cultures of Anemone virginiana and some other species of the same genus. Activated charcoal was included in the culture medium which gave the higher percentage embryos. When the cytokinin 2ip was included (10 −6 M ) embryo formation was also induced but at a lower percentage. This indicates that abscisic acid (ABA) can be involved in the normal inhibition of embryo formation in pollen.