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This research is part of an attempt to establish an in vitro fertilization system in tobacco to aid in understanding mechanisms of fertilization. Fusions of isolated male and female gametes were induced in a polyethylene glycol solution. Fusion appears similar to that in maize. One nuclear division of both an unfertilized egg cell and a synergid was induced in KM8p medium with 1 mg/l 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid in a microchamber culture; one cellular division of the egg cell was also induced in the same medium in solid-drop culture. The osmolality of suspension culture feeder cells was critical for the development of these cells. These results indicate that in vitro fertilization is possible in tobacco, which would be the first such system in dicots.
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Abbreviations
- 2,4-D :
-
2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
- PEG :
-
Polyethylene glycol
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Tian, H.Q., Russell, S.D. Micromanipulation of male and female gametes ofNicotiana tabacum: II. Preliminary attempts for in vitro fertilization and egg cell culture. Plant Cell Reports 16, 657–661 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01275510
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