Uniformity of plants regenerated from somatic embryos of Panicum maximum Jacq. (Guinea grass)

W W Hanna; C Lu; I K Vasil

doi:10.1007/BF00317023

Uniformity of plants regenerated from somatic embryos of Panicum maximum Jacq. (Guinea grass)

Theor Appl Genet. 1984 Jan;67(2-3):155-9. doi: 10.1007/BF00317023.

Authors

W W Hanna¹, C Lu, I K Vasil

Affiliation

¹ USDA-ARS, Coastal Plain Station, 31793, Tifton, GA, USA.

PMID: 24258541
DOI: 10.1007/BF00317023

Abstract

Plants were regenerated by somatic embryogenesis from cultured leaf segments of Panicum maximum Jacq. (Guinea grass). All plants were phenotypically similar to the donor plant from which expiants were obtained for culture. Examination of the cytological and morphological characteristics of the regenerated plants did not show any changes in mitotic (root tip) chromosome number, structural rearrangements of chromosomes, pollen stainability and morphological characteristics.