title: Shoot production in squash (Cucurbita pepo) by in vitro organogenesis.
abstract: Seedling-derived cotyledon explants of squash ( Cucurbita pepo L.) of commercial cultivars True French, Ma'yan and Goldy were regenerated in vitro on Murashige and Skoog medium augmented with 1 mg/l benzyladenine. After 4 weeks in culture small shoots and buds regenerated only on the most proximal cotyledon edge. Culture on an elongation medium with a reduced cytokinin concentration (0.1 mg/l) with or without 1 mg/l gibberellic acid (GA(3)) facilitated the recovery of shoots. Fresh shoots could be recovered at each subculture of the regenerating mass. Peak productivity was during the third cycle of subculture, and shoot production ceased after the fifth subculture. Culture on elongation medium supplemented with GA(3) was 55% more effective with respect to overall shoot production than that on medium without GA(3), with 22 shoots recovered in total per explant from the former. Regeneration occurred under both light and dark conditions. All of the shoots tested were diploid. The shoots were rooted and transferred to the greenhouse where they grew and flowered normally.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, P.O. Box 6, 50250, Bet Dagan, Israel.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ananthakrishnan
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Elman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singer
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Paris
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gal-On
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gaba
mesh_terms: D000225:Adenine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D001593:Benzyl Compounds; D018548:Cotyledon / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D028464:Cucurbita / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D046508:Culture Techniques / Q000379:methods; D003624:Darkness; D005875:Gibberellins / Q000494:pharmacology; D007701:Kinetin; D008027:Light; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators / Q000494:pharmacology; D018520:Plant Shoots / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D011003:Ploidies; D011687:Purines; D012038:Regeneration / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D001593:Benzyl Compounds; D005875:Gibberellins; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators; D011687:Purines; C007842:gibberellic acid; D000225:Adenine; C480551:benzylaminopurine; D007701:Kinetin