Histological studies of cellular differentiation during somatic embryogenesis of coconut plumule-derived calli

Since coconut is   one of the most recalcitrant species to generate in vitro, it is   necessary to study in detail about the cellular changes that occur during   somatic embryogenesis to enhance our knowledge about this phenomenon. In the   present study, coconut plumular tissues, the shoot meristem including leaf   primordia, were used as explants for in vitro regeneration studies.   Histological studies were carried out in different stages of plumule culture.   No noticeable growth was observed in 15 days old cultures. After 30 days,   meristematic cells could be identified. Abundance of meristematic cells,   foremost to the development of callus structures, was observed after 45 days.   After 75 days, globular friable calli were formed and histological studies   revealed the presence of meristematic centers which eventually formed somatic   embryos. The histological study of matured somatic embryos formed after 120   days of callus initiation showed a clear meristematic zone of parenchyma   cells, surrounded by vascular bundles. Histological studies, carried out for   certain abnormalities like compact calli, abnormal somatic embryoids with   rudimentary shoots and multiplied roots, revealed the presence of intact   cotyledonary leaves which seemed to inhibit the apical meristem development   of somatic embryoids. The presence of vascular bundles in the early stages of   callus formation might lead to the direct formation of meristemoids. These   results could aid future studies leading to enhanced control of the somatic   embryogenic process and greater efficiency of somatic embryo and plantlet   formation in coconut

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Not AvailableMicro RNAs (miRNAs) are single stranded, small and non-coding endogenous RNA molecules, which control the gene expression at the post-transcriptional level either by suppression or degradation. Because of its highly conserved nature, in silico methods can be employed to predict novel miRNAs in plant species. By using previously known plant miRNAs available at miRBase, we predicted 16 miRNAs, which belongs to 11 miRNA families, and also targets for seven potential miRNAs in coconut leaf transcriptome. A majority of these seem to encode transcription factors. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of in silico prediction and characterization of miRNA from coconut. These findings form an useful resource for future research into miRNA prediction and function prediction in coconut and for studies on their experimental validation and functional analyses.Not Availabl

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Not AvailableSince coconut is one of the most recalcitrant species to generate in vitro, it is necessary to study in detail about the cellular changes that occur during somatic embryogenesis to enhance our knowledge about this phenomenon. In the present study, coconut plumular tissues, the shoot meristem including leaf primordia, were used as explants for in vitro regeneration studies. Histological studies were carried out in different stages of plumule culture. No noticeable growth was observed in 15 days old cultures. After 30 days, meristematic cells could be identified. Abundance of meristematic cells, foremost to the development of callus structures, was observed after 45 days. After 75 days, globular friable calli were formed and histological studies revealed the presence of meristematic centers which eventually formed somatic embryos. The histological study of matured somatic embryos formed after 120 days of callus initiation showed a clear meristematic zone of parenchyma cells, surrounded by vascular bundles. Histological studies, carried out for certain abnormalities like compact calli, abnormal somatic embryoids with rudimentary shoots and multiplied roots, revealed the presence of intact cotyledonary leaves which seemed to inhibit the apical meristem development of somatic embryoids. The presence of vascular bundles in the early stages of callus formation might lead to the direct formation of meristemoids. These results could aid future studies leading to enhanced control of the somatic embryogenic process and greater efficiency of somatic embryo and plantlet formation in coconut.Not Availabl

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Not AvailableA protocol was standardized to maximize yiellds of embryogenic calli from shoot meristem culture of coconut three different shoot meristem excision method where tested viz.,excision of shoot meristem aseptically from in vitro germinated embryoafter 10-12 days excision of shoot meristem from in vitro germinated embryo subjected to GA3 treatment for five days and excision of shoot meristem from fresh embryo. the primary calli induction sfter 30 days of culture incubation for the three treatments was 21%, 27% and 79% respectively . Further, the primary calli formed from the shoot merstem excised from fresh embryo gave rise to 56% of embryogenic calli.The calli obtained from the shoot merstem, which were excised from in vitro germinated embryo, formed less percentage of embryogenic calli because of the presence of cotyledonary tissues which inhibited the multiplication of meristematic tissues. In the case of shoot meristem extracted from GA3 treated embryos, the percentage of non - embryogenic calli was more compared to the shoot meristem excised fro fresh embryo. It was observed that the addition of GA3 in the initial stages of culture inhibited the formation of embryogenic calli and favored direct shoot development. Currently, the shoot meristem excised from fresh embryo is being employed for scaling up the planting material production from released varieties of coconut.Not Availabl