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Investigations on the Anther Culturability of Four German Spring Wheat Cultivars and the Influence of Light on Regeneration of Green vs. Albino Plants
Author(s) -
Ziegler G.,
Dressler K.,
Hess D.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
plant breeding
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.583
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1439-0523
pISSN - 0179-9541
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0523.1990.tb00450.x
Subject(s) - cultivar , biology , stamen , regeneration (biology) , botany , horticulture , agronomy , pollen , microbiology and biotechnology
In anther culture experiments with four German spring wheat cultivars (‘Turbo’, ‘Kadett’, ‘Planet’ and ‘Nandu’), ‘Nandu’ showed the best results. The rate of responding anthers with ‘Nandu’ was 0.8 % on medium N6 and 3.7% on potato‐2. This was similar to the Chinese cultivar ‘Orofen’. Higher yields of embryoids could be obtained with medium potato‐2 than with N6. Experiments with medium potato‐2 showed that anther response, production of embryos and regeneration increased with decreasing agarose concentration. Regeneration of green plantlets was improved by differentiation in the dark whereas differentiation under light yielded more than 90 % albino plants.