Antimitotic agents increase the production of doubled-haploid embryos from cork oak anther culture.

Abstract

The objective of this study is to induce the nuclear DNA duplication of anther-derived embryos of cork oak (Quercus suber L.) to obtain doubled-haploid plants. Anther culture of this species produces a low percentage (7.78%) of spontaneous diploids, as assessed by flow cytometry. Therefore, three antimitotic agents, colchicine, oryzalin and amiprophos-methyl (APM), were applied in vitro to anther-derived cork oak haploid embryos from six genotypes at different concentrations and for different treatment durations. Antimitotic toxicity was determined by embryo survival. Efficiency in inducing chromosome doubling of haploid embryos was evaluated by flow cytometry measurements and differences were observed between treatments. Nuclear DNA duplication and embryo survival of cork oak haploid embryos was most efficiently induced with oryzalin 0.01 mM for 48 h. Around 50% diploid embryos were obtained. The rate of chromosome duplication induced by APM 0.01 mM was also acceptable but lower than that induced by oryzalin, regardless of the duration of the treatment. Colchicine 1.3 or 8.8 mM was the least efficient, with the induction of necrosis and only a small rate of nuclear DNA duplication.

• Authors: Beatriz Pintos, Jose A Manzanera, Maria A Bueno
• Journal: Journal of plant physiology (J Plant Physiol) Vol. 164 Issue 12 Pg. 1595-604 (Dec 2007) ISSN: 0176-1617 [Print] Germany
• PMID: 17485138 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Antimitotic Agents
• DNA, Plant

Topics

• Antimitotic Agents (pharmacology)
• Cell Culture Techniques
• Cell Survival (drug effects)
• DNA, Plant (analysis)
• Flow Cytometry
• Flowers (cytology, drug effects)
• Haploidy
• Quercus (cytology, drug effects, embryology)
• Seeds (cytology, drug effects)