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ArticlePloS one2021

A novel micropropagation of Lycium ruthenicum and epigenetic fidelity assessment of three types of micropropagated plants in vitro and ex vitro.

Yue Gao, Qin-Mei Wang, Qinxia An, Jianguo Cui, Yongbin Zhou, Xinyu Qi, Lijie Zhang, Lujia Li

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Article in PloS one, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yue GaoKey Laboratory of Forest Tree Genetics, Breeding and Cultivation of Liaoning Province, College of Forestry, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.
Qin-Mei WangKey Laboratory of Forest Tree Genetics, Breeding and Cultivation of Liaoning Province, College of Forestry, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0996-8459
Qinxia AnKey Laboratory of Forest Tree Genetics, Breeding and Cultivation of Liaoning Province, College of Forestry, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.
Jianguo CuiKey Laboratory of Forest Tree Genetics, Breeding and Cultivation of Liaoning Province, College of Forestry, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.
Yongbin ZhouKey Laboratory of Forest Tree Genetics, Breeding and Cultivation of Liaoning Province, College of Forestry, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.
Xinyu QiKey Laboratory of Forest Tree Genetics, Breeding and Cultivation of Liaoning Province, College of Forestry, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.
Lijie ZhangKey Laboratory of Forest Tree Genetics, Breeding and Cultivation of Liaoning Province, College of Forestry, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.
Lujia LiKey Laboratory of Forest Tree Genetics, Breeding and Cultivation of Liaoning Province, College of Forestry, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.
Shenyang Agricultural University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lycium ruthenicum is an excellent eco-economic shrub. Numerous researches have been conducted for the function of its fruits but scarcely focused on the somaclonal variation and DNA methylation. An efficient micropropagation protocol from leaves and stems of L. ruthenicum was developed in this study, in which not only the leaf explants but also the stem explants of L. ruthenicum were dedifferentiated and produced adventitious buds/multiple shoots on one type of medium. Notably, the efficient indirect organogenesis of stem explants was independent of exogenous auxin, which is contrary to the common conclusion that induction and proliferation of calli is dependent on exogenous auxin. We proposed that sucrose supply might be the crucial regulator of stem callus induction and proliferation of L. ruthenicum. Furthermore, results of methylation-sensitive amplified polymorphism (MSAP) showed that DNA methylation somaclonal variation (MSV) of CNG decreased but that of CG increased after acclimatization. Three types of micropropagated plants (from leaf calli, stem calli and axillary buds) were epigenetically diverged more from each other after acclimatization and the ex vitro micropropagated plants should be selected to determine the fidelity. In summary, plants micropropagated from axillary buds and leaves of L. ruthenicum was more fidelity and might be suitable for preservation and propagation of elite germplasm. Also, leaf explants should be used in transformation. Meanwhile, plants from stem calli showed the highest MSV and might be used in somaclonal variation breeding. Moreover, one MSV hotspot was found based on biological replicates. The study not only provided foundations for molecular breeding, somaclonal variation breeding, preservation and propagation of elite germplasm, but also offered clues for further revealing novel mechanisms of both stem-explant dedifferentiation and MSV of L. ruthenicum.

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Epigenesis, GeneticDNA MethylationLyciumPlant BreedingPlant LeavesPlant RootsPlant Shoots

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PMID33621255
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