Abstract

Timothy (Phleum pratense L.) is an important grass species as forage. In order to optimize tissue culture conditions of timothy, the effects of plant growth regulators on callus induction and plant regeneration was investigated with mature seeds of colt cultivar. The optimal concentration of 2,4-D for the induction of primary callus from mature seeds was 3 mg/L. The highest embryogenic callus frequenc (25%) was observed when the mature seed were cultured on MS medium supplemented with 3 mg/L 2,4-D and 0.1 mg/L BA. The highest plant regeneration frequency was observed when type B callus was transferred to N6 medium supplemented with 1 mg/L 2,4-D and 3 mg/L BA. Regenerated plants were grown normally when shoots were transplanted to the soil. A short tissue culture period and regeneration system would be beneficial for molecular breeding of timothy by the production of transgenic plant.

티모시의 colt 품종을 이용하여 최적 조직배양조건을 확립하기 위하여 성숙종자를 배양함에 있어 첨가되어지는 식물 생장조절 물질의종류와 농도가 배발생 캘러스 유도 및 식물체재분화에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 배발생 캘러스 유도시 첨가되는 2,4-D는 3 mg/L 첨가 구에서 78%로 캘러스 유도율이 가장 높았으며, 3 mg/L 2,4-D와 0.1 mg/L의 BA를 첨가하여 배양했을 때 형성된 캘러스는 조직적으로 치밀하며 유백색의 배발생 캘러스가 가장 많이 형성되었다. Type B 캘러스만을 이용하여 식물체재분화에는 1 mg/L 2,4-D와 3 mg/L BA가 첨가된 배지에 캘러스를 배양했을 때 25.3%의 재분화율을 나타내었다. 본 연구를 통하여 확립된 효율적인 재분화 시스템은 분자육종을 통한 신품종 티모시의 개발에 유용하게 이용될 수 있을 것이다.

Keywords

• Timothy;
• Callus;
• Plant regeneration;
• Tissue culture