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In vitro Germination,Callus Induction and Primary Haustorium Organogenesis in the Parasitic Plant Cynomorium songaricum

Xin YUE, Gui-Lin CHEN

Bulletin of Botanical Research 2020, 40 (6): 846-854. DOI: 10.7525/j.issn.1673-5102.2020.06.007

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Cynomorium songaricum Rupr. is an obligate parasitic plant widely used as traditional Chinese medicine and Mongolian medicine. Here， we firstly describe protocols for in vitro germination， callus induction and haustorium organogenesis in C.songaricum Rupr. In this study， adequate concentrations of gibberellic acid（GA₃），_{in combination with other plant growth regulators in the medium， promoted embryo development and germination of C.songaricum seeds. The highest callus induction rate from seeds（13.7%） after a 40 d incubation was obtained with B₅ medium adding 2，4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid（2，4-D； 1.0 mg·L^-1）， kinetin（KT；0.5 mg·L^-1） and GA₃（1.0 mg·L^-1. This resulted in callus_{formation in 13.7%±3.1% of seeds. Addition of 2，4-D（0.5 mg·L^-1） and KT（0.25 mg·L^-1） yielded highest haustorium organogenesis from calluses. Some primary haustorium branched to form adventitious roots of 3-4 cm in length. Subsequently， the tip of each adventitious root formed a nascent primary haustorium， which was then branched out into adventitious roots. The role of auxins（2，4-D in this study） in the formation of primary haustorium and adventitious roots from seed callus in C.songaricum was also discussed.}}

Treatment	Plant growth regulator(mg·mL^-1)			Rate of callus induction(%)
Treatment	2,4-D	KT	GA₃	Rate of callus induction(%)
1	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.7±1.5^f
2	1.0	0.5	1.0	13.7±3.1^a
3	2.0	1.0	2.0	9.0±1.0^b
4	1.0	0.1	2.0	5.3±1.5^d
5	2.0	0.5	0.5	2.7±1.2^ef
6	0.5	1.0	1.0	7.3±1.5^c
7	2.0	0.1	1.0	3.3±1.5^e
8	0.5	0.5	2.0	6.0±1.7^cd
9	1.0	1.0	0.5	2.3±0.6^ef

Table 1 Synergistic effects of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid(2,4-D),kinesin(KT) and gibberellin(GA₃) on callus induction in C.songaricum Rupr. Seeds

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B₅ medium with a series of concentration gradients of 2，4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid（2，4-D）， kinetin（KT） and gibberellic acid（GA₃） was used to induce callus formation（Table 1）， with pH adjusted to 6.0 before agar（3%） addition. Each medium was then submitted to autoclave（25 min， 120oC）. Sterile triangular flasks were added 60 mL of callus induction medium， followed by addition of 50 seeds. Cultures were incubated in the dark at 25±1oC. Three quintuplicate independent assays were performed. Callus induction was evaluated after 40 d of culture by counting calluses.

The embryo broke through the seed coat at the micropylar end after 40 d culture（Fig.2B）， and the radicle continued to elongate in subsequent days（Fig.2C）. The radicle’s top became intumescent（Fig.2D） and eventually formed the callus（Fig.2E）， which was pure white and dense， growing rapidly from the radicle（Fig.2F）. After another 20 d， it turned brown（Fig.2G）， and embryogenic callus formation occurred（Fig.2H）. Embryogenic cells were mostly cylindrical， with large nuclei and starch grains（Fig.2I）. The rates of callus formation from C.songaricum seeds were assessed in the dark under various combinations of three hormonal plant growth regulators（Table 1）. The highest callus induction rate（13.7%） after a 40 d incubation was produced by the combination of 1， 0.5 and 1 mg·mL-1 of 2，4-D， KT， and GA₃， respectively. This rate was significantly higher than those obtained with other combinations.

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