Plant Regeneration of Allium victorialis var. platyphyllum Makino via Organogenesis and Somatic Embryogenesis

• Published in: HortScience Vol. 31; no. 4; p. 628
• Main Authors: Lim, Hak-Tae, Lee, Eun-Ae, Kim, Won-Bae
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01-08-1996
• ISSN: 0018-5345; 2327-9834
• DOI: 10.21273/HORTSCI.31.4.628a

This study was conducted to investigate the possibility of obtaining plantlets via somatic embryogenesis and organogenesis as means of in vitro mass propagation in Allium victorialis var. platyphyllum Makino, one of the most popular wild vegetable plants in Korea. Shoots formed directly when bulb explants of A. victorialis were cultured on MS medium containing 0.2 mg·L –1 NAA and 2.0 mg·L –1 zeatin under 16 hours (light)/8 hours (dark) illumination. The use of leaf and shoot tip explants was not successful, largely due to explant senescence in the present of plant growth regulators. Embryogenic calli were obtained from the bulb explants of A. victorialis on MS medium supplemented with 0.2 mg·L –1 NAA, 0.2 mg·L –1 BAP, and 1.0 mg·L –1 picloram after 4–5 weeks of culture in the dark at 27°C. Upon transfer to shoot-induced MS medium containing 0.2 mg·L –1 NAA and 2.0 mg·L –1 zeatin, embryogenic calli gave rise to numerous somatic embryos, which subsequently developed into multiple shoots after 3 months of culture under 16 hours(light)/8 hours (dark) illumination. For root induction, regenerated shoots were transferred to MS medium added with 1.0 mg·L –1 NAA. Regenerants with well-developed roots were potted in an artificial soil mixture of vermiculite (1) and perlite (1).