Cell suspension culture and plant regeneration of a Brazilian plantain, cultivar Terra

Authors

  • Lucymeire Souza Morais-Lino Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
  • Janay Almeida dos Santos-Serejo Embrapa Mandioca e Fruticultura Tropical
  • Sebastião de Oliveira e Silva Embrapa Mandioca e Fruticultura Tropical
  • José Raniere Ferreira de Santana Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
  • Adilson Kenji Kobayashi Embrapa Meio-Norte

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-3921.pab2008.v43.1031

Keywords:

Musa, culture media, propagation, somatic embryogenesis

Abstract

The objective of this study was to establish cell suspension culture and plant regeneration via somatic embryogenesis of a Brazilian plantain, cultivar Terra Maranhão, AAB. Immature male flowers were used as explant source for generating highly embryogenic cultures 45 days after inoculation, which were used for establishment of cell suspension culture and multiplication of secondary somatic embryos. Five semisolid culture media were tested for differentiation, maturation, somatic embryos germination and for plant regeneration. An average of 558 plants per one milliliter of 5% SCV (settled cell volume) were regenerated in the MS medium, with 11.4 µM indolacetic acid and 2.2 µM 6-benzylaminopurine. Regenerated plants showed a normal development, and no visible somaclonal variation was observed in vitro. It is possible to regenerate plants from cell suspensions of plantain banana cultivar Terra using MS medium supplemented with 11.4 µM of IAA and 2.2 µM of BAP.

Author Biographies

Lucymeire Souza Morais-Lino, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana

Doutoranda do Programa de Pós-graduação em Biotecnologia DA UEFS. Laboratório de cultura de Tecidos- Horto Florestal

Janay Almeida dos Santos-Serejo, Embrapa Mandioca e Fruticultura Tropical

Laboratório de Cultura de Tecidos e Citologia da Embrapa Mandioca e Fruticultura Tropical

Sebastião de Oliveira e Silva, Embrapa Mandioca e Fruticultura Tropical

Laboratório de Praticas Culturais

José Raniere Ferreira de Santana, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana

Laboratótio de cultura de tecidso-Horto Florestal- Feira de Santana

Adilson Kenji Kobayashi, Embrapa Meio-Norte

Laboratório de cultura de tecidos

Published

2008-10-29

How to Cite

Morais-Lino, L. S., Santos-Serejo, J. A. dos, Silva, S. de O. e, Santana, J. R. F. de, & Kobayashi, A. K. (2008). Cell suspension culture and plant regeneration of a Brazilian plantain, cultivar Terra. Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira, 43(10), 1325–1330. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-3921.pab2008.v43.1031

Issue

Section

POMOLOGY