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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2023

Paclitaxel and Caffeine-Taurine, New Colchicine Alternatives for Chromosomes Doubling in Maize Haploid Breeding.

Saeed Arshad, Mengli Wei, Qurban Ali, Ghulam Mustafa, Zhengqiang Ma, Yuanxin Yan

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. In vitro- and in vivo-based approaches for doubled haploid production in Zea mays L.: challenges and opportunities.TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik · 2025
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Saeed ArshadState Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
Mengli WeiState Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
Qurban AliDepartment of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1459-4009
Ghulam MustafaDepartment of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1332-494X
Zhengqiang MaState Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
Yuanxin YanState Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
Nanjing Agricultural University · CN

Funding

the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (KYTZ201402),the Outstanding Scientific Innovation Team Program for Jiangsu Universities (2015)This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31571580),
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The doubled haploid (DH) technology is employed worldwide in various crop-breeding programs, especially maize. Still, restoring tassel fertility is measured as one of the major restrictive factors in producing DH lines. Colchicine, nitrous oxide, oryzalin, and amiprophosmethyl are common chromosome-doubling agents that aid in developing viable diploids (2n) from sterile haploids (n). Although colchicine is the most widely used polyploidy-inducing agent, it is highly toxic to mammals and plants. Therefore, there is a dire need to explore natural, non-toxic, or low-toxic cheaper and accessible substitutes with a higher survival and fertility rate. To the best of our knowledge, the advanced usage of human anticancer drugs "Paclitaxel (PTX)" and "Caffeine-Taurine (CAF-T)" for in vivo maize haploids doubling is being disclosed for the first time. These two antimitotic and antimicrotubular agents (PTX and CAF-T) were assessed under various treatment conditions compared to colchicine. As a result, the maximum actual doubling rates (ADR) for PTX versus colchicine in maize haploid seedlings were 42.1% (400 M, 16 h treatment) versus 31.9% (0.5 mM, 24 h treatment), respectively. In addition, the ADR in maize haploid seeds were CAF-T 20.0% (caffeine 2 g/L + taurine 12 g/L, 16 h), PTX 19.9% (100 μM, 24 h treatment), and colchicine 26.0% (2.0 mM, 8 h treatment). Moreover, the morphological and physiological by-effects in haploid plants by PTX were significantly lower than colchicine. Hence, PTX and CAF-T are better alternatives than the widely used traditional colchicine to improve chromosome-doubling in maize crop.

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CaffeineZea maysChromosomes, PlantColchicineHaploidyHumansPaclitaxelPlant BreedingCaffeineColchicinePaclitaxelanticancercaffeine–taurinechromosome doublingcolchicinemaize haploidpaclitaxel

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