Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.5513/JCEA01/20.1.2126
Plant regeneration and clonal fidelity assessment of subendemic species Iris illyrica Tomm. originated from Croatia
Anita Bošnjak Mihovilović
; Department of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biometrics, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Svetošimunska cesta 25, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Marijana Barić
; Department of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biometrics, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Svetošimunska cesta 25, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Snježana Bolarić
; Department of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biometrics, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Svetošimunska cesta 25, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Toni Safner
; Department of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biometrics, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Svetošimunska cesta 25, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Mirna Ćurković-Perica
; Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 9a, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Božena Mitić
; Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 9a, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Borut Bohanec
; Agronomy Department, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Ivanka Habuš Jerčić
orcid.org/0000-0002-2962-9043
; Department of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biometrics, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Svetošimunska cesta 25, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Snježana Kereša
; Department of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biometrics, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Svetošimunska cesta 25, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The present study was undertaken to evaluate efficiency of callogenesis and regeneration by somatic embryogenesis of the subendemic Iris species Iris illyrica from Croatia and to select highly regenerative donor plants/genotypes. Leaf base segments were used as explants. Callogenesis and somatic embryogenesis were induced on MS media supplemented with: (1) 4.52 M 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) + 4.83 M 1-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA) + 0.46 M kinetin (Kin); (2) 4.52 M 2,4-D + 4.6 M Kin; (3) 13.4 M NAA + 2.3M Kin. Transfer of embryogenic calli onto hormone-free medium enabled the development of mature somatic embryos. Frequency of callogenesis was influenced by the donor plant. Among 15 donor plants tested, 3 of them exhibited high regeneration capability and produced 87 regenerants. Seven morphological traits were observed in order to assess phenotypic variability of flowering regenerants. Regenerants with higher values of fall and standard width and length show potential for further breeding of new varieties of Illyrian iris. Flowering and non-flowering regenerants had the same ploidy level as donor plants. Also, the nuclear DNA content (2C = 12.936 ± 0.038 pg) of this species was estimated for the first time using flow cytometry.
Keywords
auxins; explant browning; flow cytometry; Iris; leaf base explants; somaclonal variation; somatic embryogenesis
Hrčak ID:
218132
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Publication date:
19.3.2019.
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