Plant regeneration from cultured hypocotyls may provide means for overcoming breeding barriers caused by heterostylic cross-incompatibility in interspecific crosses of common buckwheat(Fagopyrum esculentum Moench). Hypocotyles were excised from seed e...
Plant regeneration from cultured hypocotyls may provide means for overcoming breeding barriers caused by heterostylic cross-incompatibility in interspecific crosses of common buckwheat(Fagopyrum esculentum Moench). Hypocotyles were excised from seed embryos of common buckwheat(cv. Miyazakizairai) and wild annual buckwheat(F. homotropicum Ohnishi) and cultured on MS medium supplemented with 0∼2.0 mg/l IAA and 0~2.0 mg/l BAP. Shoot was induced only on the medium containing 1.0 mg/l NAA and 1.0 mg/l BAP, shoot induction was promoted by 2.4-D and the frequency was lower in wild annual buckwheat than in common buckwheat. Roots were developed on White's medium containing 1.0 mg/l IBA. Whole plantlets were obtained following the production of adventitious roots from the shoots. When transferred from sterile culture condition to peat and soil medium, most plantlets were able to survive and grew to have flowers.
Key words : Common buckwheat(Fagopyrum esculentum), F. homotropicum Ohnishi, hypocotyle explants, tissue culture, plant regeneration