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IN VITRO CONSERVATION OF ROSA × DAMASCENA ‘TRIGINTIPETALA (DIECK) R. KELLER BY ARTIFICIAL SEEDS

Yaser Hassan Dewir*, Ali Mohsen Al-Ali, Ahmed Ali Al-Aizari, and Rashid Sultan Al-Obeed

Department of Plant Production, College of Food & Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Al-Nakheel district, RGSA 8707, 11451 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,
*E-mail: ydewir@ksu.edu.sa



This study aimed to investigate the regrowth ability of Rosa × damascena ‘Trigintipetala’ synthetic seeds over a four-month storage period. Synthetic seeds were formed from shoot tips of in vitro grown Rosa × damascena ‘Trigintipetala’ using 3% sodium alginate in half-strength Murashige and Skoog (MS) nutrients solution as the gel matrix and 100 mM calcium chloride for complexation. Synthetic seed formation was achieved by dropping the sodium alginate/explant combination into a 100 mM calcium chloride aseptic solution for 25-30 min. Encapsulated shoot tips were transferred into aseptic Petri dishes containing 20 ml of 0.7% agar and stored at 4°C for four months. The regrowth ability of synthetic seeds into plantlets was assessed on MS medium containing 0.5 mg l-1 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP) and 1.0 mg l-1 gibberellic acid (GA3). The highest regrowth rates of 93.3% and 86.7% were obtained following two and three months of cold storage, respectively. However, a low regrowth rate of 33.3% was observed after four months. The encapsulation procedure described here could significantly facilitate germplasm exchange and conservation programs for Rosa × damascena ‘Trigintipetala’.

Key words: cold storage, encapsulation, germplasm preservation, synthetic seeds



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