Mu Ze , Binyue Zhang , Haoyu Ma , Yanbo Guo , Yao Yang , Ming Dong , Lijuan Zou
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Abstract
Ornithogalum caudatum Ait (O. caudatum), a highly valued ornamental and medicinal species, holds notable commercial potential for bioprospecting industries. This study established both direct and indirect somatic embryogenesis (SE) pathways using leaf explants on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with plant growth regulators (PGRs). Leaf explants treated with 1.0–3.0 mg L⁻¹ auxin (α-naphthylacetic acid (NAA), indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) and dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D)), and four types cytokinins (thidiazuron (TDZ), 6-benzyladenine (BA), kinetin (Kin), and zeatin (ZT)) directly or direct produced somatic embryos. IBA as the sole PGR optimally induced direct SE, yielding 16.3 ± 2.5 embryos per explant at 84.7 % frequency. Treatment with 2,4-D generated embryogenic calli via an indirect pathway, with subsequent SE induction peaking at 43.6 % (8.6 ± 1.5 embryos/explant). Cytokinin - auxin synergism markedly enhanced regeneration efficiency: 0.3 mg L⁻¹ NAA with 2.0 mg L⁻¹ TDZ or BA achieved maximal SE induction (100 % and 98.9 %, respectively) and embryo production (24.7 ± 1.8 and 22.5 ± 3.1 per explant). Gibberellic acid 3 (GA3) promoted somatic embryo maturation. SE-derived plantlets exhibited 98.0 % survival during greenhouse acclimatization. This work established a trustworthy and efficient strategy for regeneration through direct and indirect SE pathways, enabling scalable propagation, genetic engineering, and germplasm conservation of this commercially valuable species.
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Scientia Horticulturae is an international journal publishing research related to horticultural crops. Articles in the journal deal with open or protected production of vegetables, fruits, edible fungi and ornamentals under temperate, subtropical and tropical conditions. Papers in related areas (biochemistry, micropropagation, soil science, plant breeding, plant physiology, phytopathology, etc.) are considered, if they contain information of direct significance to horticulture. Papers on the technical aspects of horticulture (engineering, crop processing, storage, transport etc.) are accepted for publication only if they relate directly to the living product. In the case of plantation crops, those yielding a product that may be used fresh (e.g. tropical vegetables, citrus, bananas, and other fruits) will be considered, while those papers describing the processing of the product (e.g. rubber, tobacco, and quinine) will not. The scope of the journal includes all horticultural crops but does not include speciality crops such as, medicinal crops or forestry crops, such as bamboo. Basic molecular studies without any direct application in horticulture will not be considered for this journal.