Conifer Somatic Embryogenesis : New Knowledge in Plant Biology and Breakthrough in Tree Biotechnology

침엽수(針葉樹) 체세포(體細胞) 배발생(胚發生)을 이용(利用)한 임목생물공학(林木生物工學)

  • Bozhkov, P.V. (Laboratory of Physiology of Cultured Cells, St. Petersburg Chemical-Pharmaceutical Institute) ;
  • Park, Y.G. (Laboratory of Forest Genetics, Department of Forestry, Kyungpook National University)
  • Received : 1996.08.14
  • Published : 1996.12.31

Abstract

Clonal forestry and reforestation programmes are especially interested now in development and application of controllable biotechnological systems based on the production of conifer somatic embryos in bioreactors with their following drilling and/or storage in the form of "artificial seeds". Modern achievements in conifer somatic embryogenesis has guided the development not only of biotechnological systems in forestry, but also of basic research in conifer embryology, cell and molecular biology. At the present time, the level of development of applied research on conifer somatic embryogenesis is well ahead our understanding of this complex phenomenon. The "bottleneck" situation in relation between basic and applied sciences will eventually lead to the appearance of "weak points" in biotechnological systems. In the present review, the major advances and the most pressing problems in the application of conifer somatic embryogenesis both to forest biotechnology and to basic research are in the focus of attention.

최근에 임목의 영양번식체계나 우량묘목을 양성하기 위하여 임목의 체세포배를 이용해서 "인공종자" 형태로 보관하거나 연속배양기를 사용하여 계속적으로 체세포배를 생산하는 방법은 매우 중요한 기법에 속한다. 이러한 체세포 배양기법은 임목의 생물공학 뿐만아니라 체세포배 발생학, 세포 및 분자생물학 연구에 있어서 중요한 역할을 한다. 현재 침엽수 체세포 배양에 대한 복잡한 기작이 많이 밝혀지고 있으나 이러한 기초적 지식이 현실적으로 잘 응용되지 못하는 점이 임목생물공학의 발전을 저해하는 요소로 지적되고 있다. 본 총설에서는 이러한 기초적 지식을 침엽수 체세포배 배양의 응용적 연구에 이용하는데 초점을 맞추었다.

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Supported by : Korea Science and Engineering Foundation