Abstract
The present paper demonstrates the potential of nutrient-alginate encapsulation of axenic nodal segments of pomegranate for synthetic seed technology, which could be useful in germplasm distribution and exchange. Nodal segments from in vitro shoot cultures derived from mature nodal explants (source A) or axenic cotyledonary nodes (source B) were encapsulated in calcium alginate hydrogel containing Murashige and Skoog's [Murashige, T., Skoog, F., 1962. A revised medium for rapid growth and bioassays with tobacco tissue cultures. Physiol. Plant 15, 473–497] medium (MS) supplemented with 4.44 μM benzyladenine (BA) and 0.54 μM naphthalene acetic acid (NAA). Of various concentrations of sodium alginate (1–6%) and the complexation solution of calcium chloride (50–125 mM), a combination of 3% sodium alginate and 100 mM calcium chloride was most suitable for formation of ideal synthetic seeds. Morphogenic response of encapsulated nodal segments to seven different planting media was evaluated. Encapsulated nodal segments of both the sources exhibited shoot development only in four selected media. Of the planting media evaluated, % sprouting (shoot development) was the highest in MS medium augmented with 4.44 μM BA and 0.54 μM NAA and lowest in (1/2) MSS medium. One step germination i.e. both shoot and root formation was possible only with encapsulated nodal segments of source B in MS, (1/2) MSS and natural soil + (1/2) MSS, with MS being most effective. Encapsulated nodal segments stored up to 30 days at 4 °C were capable of sprouting. Plants regenerated from the encapsulated nodal segments were hardened off and transferred to soil.
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