Molecular markers to identify morphological and biochemical variations in micropropagated Vaccinium species
Citation
Debnath, S.C. (2016). “Molecular markers to identify morphological and biochemical variations in micropropagated Vaccinium species.”, Abstract Book, XI International Vaccinium Symposium, April 10-14, 2016, Orlando, Florida, USA; p. 87 (http://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/vaccinium/) (Abstract).
Résumé en langage clair
It is an oral presentation in a conference. The presentation updates the research results on DNA analysis with tissue culture blueberry, partridgeberry (lingonberry) and cranberry plants. It also describes the production and quality (health benefits) of tissue culture plants.
Résumé
Significant advances in Vaccinium micropropagation has been achieved along with the tremendous progress of plant tissue culture techniques and their acceptance globally by commercial growers. Bioreactor micropropagation in liquid media has been evolved as an alternative to conventional micropropagation on semi-solid gelled media, for cut down of propagation cost. However, optimal propagation rate is dependent on biochemical and physiological factors responsible for culture growth in a liquid culture system. Enhanced vegetative growth and change in biochemical components are common in in vitro propagated Vaccinium plants. Somaclonal variation, either genetic, epigenetic or combination of both, can affect the scaling up of any micropropagation protocol. DNA-based markers can be used in tissue culture propagated Vaccinium species to monitor clonal fidelity in micropropagated plants. This review describes the progress in-depth of various aspects of Vaccinium culture in vitro, the variation in micropropagated Vaccinium plants and the use of molecular markers to identify these variations.