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Somatic Embryogenesis in Ornamentals and Its Applications pp 155–167Cite as

Somatic Embryogenesis, Cryopreservation, and In Vitro Mutagenesis in Cyclamen

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The cyclamen is a member of the family Primulaceae and consists of 22 species, originated from the Mediterranean Basin. Due to inbreeding depression, abortive zygotic embryo formation, and varying ploidy levels, vegetative production is frequently selected as the preferred form of propagation by breeders. Somatic embryogenesis is a highly effective method to produce cyclamen plants vegetatively. Somatic embryo formation in cyclamen is affected by genotype, source of explant, medium content, plant growth regulators, and their concentrations and culture conditions. Somatic embryos can be multiplied efficiently by repetitive or secondary embryogenesis on MS without plant growth regulators. The obtained somatic embryos can be used to produce synthetic seeds for clonal plant propagation and to protect valuable or rare cyclamen genetic resources.

Mutation breeding is a useful method to improve crops. Heavy-ion beam irradiation in mutation breeding can be used to produce new varieties of cyclamen. However, ion beams have not been sufficiently characterized in terms of mutagens for plant. Cryopreservation is also becoming a very important way for long-term storage of plant genetic resources, and effective cryopreservation protocols have been developed for many of plant species. Cryopreservation requires a minimum of space and low level of maintenance. In this chapter, we discussed and reviewed the progress of in vitro research on cyclamen.

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  1. Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Cukurova, Balcalı, Adana, 01330, Turkey

    Ehsan Mohammad Tagipur

  2. Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Cukurova, Balcalı, Adana, 01330, Turkey

    Gamze Seker & Yesim Yalcin Mendi

  3. Miki-cho Post Office, 7, Ikenobe 3011-2, Kagawa-ken, 761-0799, Japan

    Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva

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Mohammad Tagipur, E., Seker, G., Teixeira da Silva, J.A., Yalcin Mendi, Y. (2016). Somatic Embryogenesis, Cryopreservation, and In Vitro Mutagenesis in Cyclamen. In: Mujib, A. (eds) Somatic Embryogenesis in Ornamentals and Its Applications. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2683-3_10

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