Direct Somatic Embryogenesis: A Highly Efficient Protocol for In Vitro Regeneration of Habanero Pepper (Capsicum chinense Jacq.)
2006
Lopez-Puc, G. | Canto-Flick, A. | Barredo-Pool, F. | Zapata-Castillo, P. | Montalvo-Peniche, M. del C. | Barahona-Perez, F. | Santana-Buzzy, N. | Iglesias-Andreu, L.
To induce somatic embryogenesis in habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense Jacq.), the cultivar BVll-03, belonging to the red type, was used. Different explants were evaluated, as were different culture media, the composition of which varied in the content of plant growth regulators. Results showed the formation of somatic embryos from cotyledons, zygotic embryos, germinated zygotic embryos, hypocotyls, and cotyledonary leaves. Explants were cultured on Murashige and Skoog medium supplemented with 2,4-D (9.05 micromolar). The somatic embryos always formed directly from the explant, without callus formation, and the greatest efficiency was obtained when segments of hypocotyls were cultured, obtaining 175 +/- 20 somatic embryos per explant. Only the somatic embryos obtained on Murashige and Skoog medium containing 2,4-D (9.05 micromolar) and treated with abscisic acid (ABA) (1.89 micromolar) before their transfer to the germination media (Murashige and Skoog + 1.1 micromolar GA3) emitted their radicule and expanded their cotyledonary leaves (60%), whereas the remaining embryos did not achieve germination because of different causes (abnormalities, delayed development). Not only is this protocol of somatic embryogenesis the first to be reported for this species (C. chinense Jacq.), but it is also the most efficient reported so far, within the Capsicum genus.
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