Somatic embryogenesis and plantlet regeneration from cotyledon explants isolated from emblings and seedlings of hybrid firs

Summary Embryogenic tissues have been initiated on cotyledon explants dissected from seedlings or emblings of hybrid firs. Cotyledons of seedling origin ( Abies alba x A. cephalonica ) gave a relatively low initiation frequency (1.94 percnt;). In embling-derived cotyledons ( Abies alba x A. cephalonica, Abies alba x A. numidica ), the initiation was cell-line dependent and reached values between 1.25 and 24.28 percnt;. The established embryogenic cell lines are being maintained in long-term cultures. The origin and development of the somatic embryos have been traced histologically. The early stages of somatic embryo development have been characterised by cell division activity (predominantly periclinal) in the epidermal and subepidermal layers of cotyledons and subsequently by development of nodular structures. Further differentiation led to the formation and emergence of somatic embryos on the surface of cotyledons. Somatic embryo development and plantlet regeneration occurred from proliferating tissues initiated from cotyledons of embling as well as seedling origin.

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