• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.419-425
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• 1995

Corydalis remota Fish. ex Max. (Papaveraceae) is a well known medicinal plant being used as analgesics or anticonvulsive in oriental medicine. As the alkaloid content is known to vary depending on the environmental factors, the technology of plant tissue culture can be adopted as source of Corydalis-alkaloids. The present study describes an establishment of tissue cultures of Corydalis which produce alkaloids consistently. Callus were induced from immature seeds of Corydalis remota by placing the seeds on MS static media containing NAA(0.25, 1.0 and 4.0 mg/l, respectively). The combined treatment of NAA(1.0 mg/l) with cytokinin(BAP 0.5 mg/l) improved the induction of callus. TLC scanning data followed by sequential extraction and purification revealed that the induced callus contains a significant amount of alkaloids. Cell suspension cultures were established by transferring the induced callus into the liquid media with the same condition of plant growth regulators as the callus culture.

• Korean Journal of Plant Tissue Culture
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.29-33
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• 1995

This study was carried out to analyse saikosaponin contents in adventitious root formed from callus of Bupleurum falcatum L. The induction of adventitious root from callus of 4 weeks of culture was most favorable to MS medium supplemented with 0.1 mg/L 2,4-D. The adventitious root formation ratio per callus was highest when the size of callus was 900 to 1,000 $\mu$M The content of saikosaponin a and d was 2089$\pm$124 $\mu$g and 4778 $\pm$ 214 $\mu$g at 150 days of culture respectively on the basis of g dry root wt, whereas that of saikosaponin c was 3492 $\pm$ 123 $\mu$g at 60 days of culture.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.329-335
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• 1993

Ascorbate oxidase activity in various cucumber tissue extracts was highest in young fruit peeling. Cucumber callus was induced from young fruit peeling and callus cell lines were selected for more than 7 months, which porduced high levels of ascorbate oxidase and had a high growth rate. Induction of callus was optimized with Linsmaier-Skoog(LS) medium at 25$^{\circ}C$ in dark phase. Ascorbate oxidase activity reached a maximum at 5 days after transfer to LS basal liquid-medium ant then declined. The enzyme activity in callus cells was stimulated by addition of 10${\mu}$M $CuSO_4$ in the early logarithmic phase of growth. And also, adding 10${\mu}$M $CuSO_4$ at 3rd day 7th day of culture period, ascorbate oxidase activity in callus cells was maintained to high level. Maximum yield of ascorbate oxidase was found at the 25th day by flask shaking culture, but three-fold of ascorbate oxidase activity was obtained at the 16th day by jar fermentation.

• Korean Journal of Plant Tissue Culture
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.223-227
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• 1999

This study was carried out to establish improved techniques on organogenesis from callus culture of Gladiolus. Organogenesis from the callus was effective in the half strength of MS solid medium without 2,4-D at 15 $^{\circ}C$ under 24 hours of daylength. Formation of adventitious root was most effective in the liquid shaking culture, and adventitious shoot induction was effective in the liquid stationary culture. From these results, we could find optimal culture conditions for redifferentiation from callus, in addition, liquid shaking culture revealed as more useful when compared with that of solid culture method for the redifferentiation of callus in Gladiolus `Topaz'.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.228-235
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• 2010

The establishment of cell suspension culture and plant regeneration of the halophytic Leymus chinensis (Trin.) are described in this study for the first time. Callus induction solid medium containing Murashige and Shoog (MS) basic salt, $2.0\;mg\;l^{-1}$ 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), and $5.0\;mg\;l^{-1}$ L-glutamic acid with $30.0\;g\;l^{-1}$ sucrose and $4.0\;g\;l^{-1}$ gelrite for solidification induced the highest rate of cell division in Type 1 callus among calli of various types. Liquid medium with the same hormone distribution was therefore, used for cell suspension culture from Type 1 callus. Over a 30 d suspension culture at 100 rpm, great amounts of biomass were accumulated, with 71.07% average daily increment and 22.32-fold total fresh weight increment. Comparison of before and after suspension culture, the distribution of different size callus pieces and the maintenance of callus type were basically unaltered, but a slight increase in relative water contents was observed. To induce the potential of plant regeneration, the directly transferring on plant regeneration solid medium containing MS basic salt, $0.2\;mg\;l^{-1}$ $\alpha$-naphthalene acetic acid (NAA), $2.0\;mg\;l^{-1}$ kinetin (Kn), and $2.0\;g\;l^{-1}$ casamino acid and indirectly transferring were simultaneously performed. Even now growth rates of suspension-derived callus on solid medium were approximately half of those of Type 1 callus, but faster somatic embryogenesis was observed. Rooting of all regenerated shoots was successfully performed on half-strength MS medium. All plants appeared phenotypically normal.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.16 no.7 s.80
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• pp.1141-1147
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• 2006

This study was carried out to establish a reproducible culture system for callus formation and adventitious shoot development from young stem segments of Vigna radinta, and histological work for orgin of callus tissue and adventitious shoot. Induction of callus from young stem explants of Vigna radiata was very effective on MS inorganic salts supplemented with 0.5 mg/L 2,4-D and 1.0 mg/L kinetin. For the adventitious shoot regeneration from the callus tissues, the hormone combination of 0.75 mg/L NAA, 1.5 mg/L kinetin and MS salts resulted in about 21% efficiency. Histological examination showed that callus tissues originated from out-growths by callus cambium rings with do novo meristematic activities, which were localized at the outside of the vascular cambium. Adventitious shoots were developed from shoot apical meristem originated from the surface of callus masses. The shoot apical meristem produced leaf primordium, which then became leaf.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.148-152
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• 2004

This study was carried out to investigate the callus formation and to determine the composition and contents of the Hee amino acids in seedlings and callus of Rhodiola sachalinensis. The callus formation from the part of seedling-roots was the most effective on MS (Murashige and Skoog) media supplemented with 2.0 mg $L^{-1}$2,, 4-D included in 1.0 mg $L^{-1}$ kinetin than the other experimental plots which prepared with the different concentration of the various growth regulators. Free amino acids extracted from the explants and the callus were a total of 25∼26 kinds. Especially, the basic amino acids such as arginine, lysine and histidine released in callus were found relatively in a large quantity. These results suggest that the cultured callus of Rhodiola sachatinensis could induce for the mass production of the other useful ingredients.

• Journal of Crop Science and Biotechnology
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.92-97
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• 2007

Antibiotics used for suppressing Agrobacterium in plant transformation procedure might have negligible effects on plant tissues and regeneration. The effects of antibiotics on growth suppression of Agrobacterium and plant regeneration were investigated for enhancing Agrobacterium-mediated transformation using wheat mature embryos. Antibiotics tested, except carbenicillin, were able to suppress that embryos were coated with a layer of Agrobacterium cells in callus induction medium. Agrobacterium growth was suppressed minimally at 50 mg/l of timentin, while cefotaxime and clavamox were completely suppressed at relative high concentration of 250 mg/l. In the treatment of carbenicillin, initiation of growth suppression of Agrobacterium occurred at 750 mg/l of concentration because Agrobacterium KYRT1 contains the carbenicillin resistant gene. In Agrobacterium inoculation, effects of antibiotics were significantly different on the rate of callus induction and shoot formation. Almost embryos were induced calli at 50 mg/l of timentin whereas callus induction rate was achieved above 90% at 100 mg/l and 250 mg/l of cefotaxime and clavamox, respectively. Shoot formation rate was higher in the treatment of timentin than that of cefotaxime and clavamox at 500 mg/l of concentration, respectively. Timentin can be used as a good antibiotics in Agrobacterium-mediated wheat transformation.

• Asian Journal of Turfgrass Science
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.345-352
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• 2009

Zoysiagrass (Zoysia japonica Steud) is a warm season turfgrass species widely used for sports field and golf courses. Many cultivars are propagated through vegetative methods. This study was conducted to develop an optimum culture medium and culture conditions for embryogenic callus induction and plant regeneration, and to establish a cell suspension culture system for use in zoysiagrass breeding and propagation. The results indicated that adding $Cu^{++}$ at 2.5 mg $L^{-1}$ to the induction medium was optimum for callus induction. Increasing the numbers of sub-culture cycles improved the quality of calli. The optimum dosage for cell suspension culture ranged from 2.5 to 10 mL. The embryogenic callus suspension used in this study had a plant regeneration rate of 58%.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• v.50
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• pp.155-162
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• 2023

Radish (Raphanus sativus L.), a root vegetable grown worldwide, is consumed in several ways. In the cross between parental lines to produce F1 seeds of radish, the problem of low purity may arise because of pollen contamination. Therefore, we aimed to establish conditions for callus induction and regeneration so that in vitro cultured plants could be used for the propagation of stock seeds. The most effective hormone combination containing various concentrations of 2,4-D, TDZ, and kinetin was selected for callus induction using radish hypocotyl, and the induced calli were transferred to two types of hormone media to investigate the optimal conditions for shoot regeneration of the callus. The combination of 1 mg/L 2,4-D + 0.05 mg/L kin was the most effective for callus induction of RA2 and RA10, 1 mg/L 2,4-D + 0.1 mg/L kin + 0.025 mg/L TDZ of RA4, and 1 mg/L 2,4-D + 0.2 mg/L kin of RA30. Shoot regeneration of the RA4 callus occurred in both shoot regeneration media, but the frequency was much higher in the 5H+1B medium (1 mg/L NAA + 0.1 mg/L 2,4-D + 1 mg/L IPA + 0.02 mg/L GA3 + 2 mg/L zeatin + 1 mg/L BA). For the in vitro micropropagation of radish, the conditions selected in this study can assist in the propagation and maintenance of stock seeds to produce F1 seeds.