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The effect of glutamine, nitrate, and osmotic treatments on embryo maturation frequency was examined in cultured embryo suspensor masses of Norway spruce. The frequency of maturation was increased when embryo suspensor masses were cultured on media containing glutamine (10–60 mM), as compared to culture on equal molar levels on nitrate. Glutamine permitted somatic embryos to mature at control levels, even when embryos were exposed to osmotic treatments that reduced maturation frequency of somatic embryos cultured on medium containing nitrate.
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Guevin, T.G., Kirby, E.G. (1996). Effects of Glutamine and Osmoticum on Somatic Embryo Maturation in Norway Spruce (Picea abies) (L.) Karst.. In: Ahuja, M.R., Boerjan, W., Neale, D.B. (eds) Somatic Cell Genetics and Molecular Genetics of Trees. Forestry Sciences, vol 49. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3983-0_2
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