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Somatic embryogenesis from immature and mature zygotic embryos ofCryptomeria japonica I: Embryogenic cell induction and its morphological characteristics

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Embryogenic cells (ECs) of sugi (Cryptomeria japonica D. Don) were induced from immature and mature zygotic embryos cultured on different concentrations of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D)-containing modified Campbell and Durzan medium. The rate of induction of ECs varied depending on the stage of embryos collected. The highest percentage of induction (35%) was obtained with immature zygotic embryos collected July 18 and July 30, 1997, when 1 μM of 2,4-D was added to the induction medium. The ECs easily proliferated when subcultured in a medium of the same composition as the induction medium within 3 weeks. Morphological characteristics of nonembryogenic cells and embryogenic cells of different developmental stages were studied under an inverted fluorescence microscope.

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  1. Cell Manipulation Laboratory, Bio-resources Technology Division, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, 305-8687, Ibaraki, Japan

    Shinjiro Ogita & Hamako Sasamoto

  2. Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 183-8509, Tokyo, Japan

    Hisako Ishikawa & Takafumi Kubo

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Ogita, S., Ishikawa, H., Kubo, T. et al. Somatic embryogenesis from immature and mature zygotic embryos ofCryptomeria japonica I: Embryogenic cell induction and its morphological characteristics. J Wood Sci 45, 87–91 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01192323

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