Synthetic seed technology for encapsulation and regrowth of in vitro-derived shoot-tips and somatic embryos of Asparagus officinalis L

Authors

  • Fereshteh Abbasi Department of Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
  • Ahmad Majd Department of Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
  • Farhad Farahvash Department of Agriculture, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
  • Taher Nejadsattari Department of Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
  • Alireza Tarinejad Department of Agriculture Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5377/nexo.v33i02.10767

Keywords:

Alginate matrix, Cold storage, Encapsulation, shoot tips, somatic embryos, Synthetic seed

Abstract

Apical buds obtained from Asparagus plant vitro culture and somatic embryos obtained from stem cultivation, explants in MS medium supplemented with mg¹ᶫ 1, 2, 4-D and mg¹ᶫ 1 and Kinetin have been used in this research to produce artificial seeds. We encapsulated apical buds and somatic embryo using 2% sodium alginate and calcium chloride to prepare the artificial seeds. We placed artificial seeds at room temperature (about 25 ° C), in the cold, the temperature of 4 ° C and -18 ° C for different times (15,30,60,90 days) and evaluated the growing power of these seeds in MS and ½MS mediums for further investigations about the viability of seeds. The highest conversion percentage of seedlings in encapsulated embryos (70.01) was related to seed harvested from embryos treated with BA and the highest conversion percentage of seedlings in apical buds (96.54) was obtained from cultivated untreated seeds in MS medium. Encapsulated arteries and buds maintained germination energy and viability with increasing storage time after 90 days of storage at 4 and 25 ° C despite viability reduction while un-capsulated embryos and buds completely lost viability after 60 days of storage at 4 and 25 ° C and seeds stored at -18 ° C completely lost viability after 15 days of storage. In general, the percentage of seed germination and conversion to seedling is higher in seeds cultivated in MS medium compared to seeds cultivated in ½MS medium.

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Published

2020-12-31

How to Cite

Abbasi, F., Majd, A., Farahvash, F., Nejadsattari, T., & Tarinejad, A. (2020). Synthetic seed technology for encapsulation and regrowth of in vitro-derived shoot-tips and somatic embryos of Asparagus officinalis L. Nexo Scientific Journal, 33(02), 276–285. https://doi.org/10.5377/nexo.v33i02.10767

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