title: Correlation of cotyledonary node shoot proliferation and somatic embryoid development in suspension cultures of soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.).
abstract: Suspension cultures of soybean were initiated from hypocotyl or cotyledon callus tissue of several soybean genotypes. When these were grown on L2 medium with 0.4 mg/liter 2,4-D several genotypes produced numerous embryoids while others produced only a few such structures. Due to internal anatomy, no embryoid developed into a complete plant. A genotype's propensity to form normal appearing embryoids was correlated with the ability to proliferate shoots at the cotyledonary node on a medium with benzylaminopurine as determined in previous testing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Horticulture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 61801, IL, USA.
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Kerns
authors.forename: U B
authors.initials: UB
authors.lastname: Barwale
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Widholm