Journal
PLANT CELL TISSUE AND ORGAN CULTURE
Volume 109, Issue 2, Pages 297-305Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-011-0095-4
Keywords
Dendrobium nobile; Protocorm like bodies; Cryopreservation
Funding
- Centre for Advanced studies in Botany, North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong, India
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An efficient protocol for cryopreservation of protocorm like bodies (PLBs) of Dendrobium nobile, based on encapsulation-dehydration (ED) and encapsulation-vitrification (EV), was established. In both cryogenic procedures, PLBs were initially osmoprotected with a mixture of 0.4 M sucrose and 2 M glycerol, incorporated in the encapsulation matrix [comprising 3% (w/v) sodium alginate and 0.1 M CaCl2]. Out of the two methods, EV resulted in higher survival (78.1%) and regrowth (75.9%) than ED (53.3 and 50.2% respectively). Incorporation of 0.4 M sucrose and 2 M glycerol in the encapsulation matrix resulted in higher survival percentage after cryopreservation. In both the cases (ED and EV), shoots regenerated from cryopreserved PLBs with an intermediary PLB formation. Regenerated shoots were successfully rooted in the medium containing 1.5 mg/l Indole-3 butyric acid. Successful acclimatization of plantlets was obtained in the compost containing brick pieces and charcoal chunks (1: 1) + a top layer of moss with a maximum survivability (82%). EV method proved to be most appropriate way to cryopreserve the PLBs of D. nobile. Regenerated plantlets showed normal morphology as that of control plants.
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