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Volumes already published 
Volume  1: Trees I (1986) 
Volume  2:  Crops I (1986) 
Volume  3: Potato (1987) 
Volume  4:  Medicinal and Aromatic Plants I (1988) 
Volume  5: Trees 11 (1989) 
Volume  6: Crops 11 (1988) 
Volume  7: Medicinal and Aromatic Plants II (1989) 
Volume  8: Plant Protoplasts and Genetic Engineering I (1989) 
Volume  9: Plant Protoplasts and Genetic Engineering II (1989) 
Volume  10:  Legumes and Oilseed Crops I (1990) 
Volume  11:  Somaclonal Variation in Crop Improvement I (1990) 
Volume  12:  Haploids in Crop Improvement I (1990) 
Volume  13:  Wheat (1990) 
Volume  14: Rice (1991) 
Volume  15:  Medicinal and Aromatic Plants III (1991) 
Volume  16: Trees 111(1991) 
Volume  17: High-Tech and Micropropagation I (1991) 
Volume  18:  High-Tech and Micropropagation II (1992) 
Volume  19:  High-Tech and Micropropagation III (1992) 
Volume  20:  High-Tech and Micropropagation IV (1992) 
Volume  21:  Medicinal and Aromatic Plants IV (1993) 
Volume  22:  Plant Protoplasts and Genetic Engineering III (1993) 
Volume  23:  Plant Protoplasts and Genetic Engineering IV (1993) 
Volume  24:  Medicinal and Aromatic Plants V (1993) 
Volume  25:  Maize (1994) 
Volume  26:  Medicinal and Aromatic Plants VI (1994) 
Volume  27:  Somatic Hybridization in Crop Improvement I (1994) 
Volume  28:  Medicinal and Aromatic Plants VII (1994) 
Volume  29:  Plant Protoplasts and Genetic Engineering V (1994) 
Volume  30:  Somatic Embryogenesis and Synthetic Seed I (1995) 
Volume  31:  Somatic Embryogenesis and Synthetic Seed II (1995) 
Volume  32:  Cryopreservation of Plant Germplasm I (1995) 
Volume  33:  Medicinal and Aromatic Plants VIII (1995) 
Volume  34:  Plant Protoplasts and Genetic Engineering VI (1995) 
Volumes in preparation 
Volume  35: Trees IV 
Volume  36: Somaclonal Variation in Crop Improvement II 
Volume  37: Medicinal and Aromatic Plants IX 
Volume  38: Plant Protoplasts and Genetic Engineering VII 
Volume  39: High-Tech and Micropropagation V 
Volume  40: High-Tech and Micropropagation VI
Biotechnology in 
Agriculture and Forestry 34 
Plant  Protoplasts 
and  Genetic Engineering  VI 
Edited by Y.P.S. Bajaj 
With 103 Figures and 58 Tables
Professor Dr. Y.P.S. BAJAJ 
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New Friends Colony 
New Delhi 110065, India 
ISBN 978-3-642-63374-4 
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Dedicated to my friend 
Dr. Mike Davey with whom I collaborated 
in protoplast culture work 
at the University of Nottingham, England, 
from 1972-1973
Preface 
Plant protoplasts have proved to be an excellent tool for in vitro manipu 
lations, somatic hybridization, DNA uptake and genetic transformation, 
and for the induction of somaclonal variation. These studies reflect the far 
reaching impact of protoplast alterations for agriculture and forest bio 
technology. Taking these aspects into consideration, the series of books on 
Plant Protoplasts and Genetic Engineering provides a survey of the litera 
ture, focusing on recent information and the state of the art in protoplast 
manipulation and genetic transformation. This book, Plant Protoplasts 
and Genetic Engineering VI, like the previous five volumes published in 
1989,1993, and 1994, is unique in its approach. It comprises 27 chapters 
dealing with the regeneration of plants from protoplasts, and genetic 
transformation  in  various  species  of  Arachis,  Bupleurum,  Capsella, 
Dendrobium,  Dianthus,  Diospyros,  Fagopyrum,  Festuca,  Gentiana, 
Glycyrrhiza,  Gossypium,  Hemerocallis,  Levisticum,  Lonicera,  Musa, 
Physallis, Platanus, Prunus, Saposhnikovia, Solanum, Spinacia, Trititrigia, 
Tulipa, and Vaccinium;  including fruits such as apricot, banana, cranberry, 
pepino, peach, and plum. This book may be of special interest to advanced 
students, teachers, and research scientists in the field of plant tissue culture, 
molecular biology, genetic engineering, plant breeding, and general bio 
technology. 
New Delhi, August 1995  Professor Y.P.S. BAJA] 
Series Editor
Contents 
Section I  Regeneration of Plants from Protoplasts 
1.1  Regeneration of Plants from Protop1asts 
of Arachis Species (Peanut) 
Z. LI, R.L. JARRET, and J.W. DEMSKI (With 2 Figures) 
1 Introduction .........................................  3 
2 Isolation of Prot opl asts  ................................  4 
3 Culture of Protoplasts  .................................  5 
4 Regeneration of Plants  .................................  6 
5 Fusion of Protoplasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8 
6 Protocol  ............................................  8 
7 Summary and Conclusions  .............................  11 
References  ............................................  12 
1.2  Regeneration of Plants from Protoplasts 
of Bupleurum scorzonerifolium (Red Thorowax) 
and Saposhnikovia divaricata (Divaricate Saposhnikovia) 
H.M. CHEN, G.M. XIA, and S.H. SHENG (With 2 Figures) 
1 Introduction .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14 
2 Bupleurum scorzonerifolium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14 
3 Saposhnikovia divaricata  ...............................  19 
References  ............................................  23 
1.3  Regeneration of Plants from Protoplasts 
of Capsel/a bursa-pastoris (L.) Medic. (Shepherd's Purse) 
A.-c. BONFILS, S.C. GLEDDlE, and W.A. KELLER (With 10 Figures) 
I  Introduction ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  25 
2 Plant Material  .......................................  26 
3 Isolation of Prot opl asts  ................................  26 
4 Culture of Protoplasts  .................................  27 
5 Somatic Embryogenesis and Plant Regeneration . . . . . . . . . . . .  27 
6 Conclusions  .........................................  29 
7 Protocol  ............................................  29 
References  ............................................  31
x  Contents 
1.4  Regeneration of Plants from Protoplasts 
of Dianthus Species (Carnation) 
M. NAKANO and M. Mil (With I Figure) 
I  Introduction  .........................................  33 
2  Protoplast Isolation  ...................................  34 
3 Protoplast Culture  ....................................  35 
4  Plant Regeneration  ...................................  38 
5 Somatic Hybridization and Genetic Transformation. . . . . . . . .  39 
6 Summary  ...........................................  40 
7 Protocol  ............................................  40 
References  ............................................  41 
1.5  Regeneration of Plants from Protoplasts 
of Diospyros kaki L. (Japanese Persimmon) 
M. TAMURA, R. TAO, and A. SUGIURA (With 10 Figures) 
I  Introduction  .........................................  43 
2  Isolation of Protoplasts  ................................  44 
3 Culture of Protoplasts  .................................  46 
4  Regeneration of Plants  ................................  50 
5 Fusion of Protoplasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5 I 
6 Summary and Conclusions  .............................  52 
7 Protocol  ............................................  52 
References  ............................................  54 
1.6  Regeneration of Plants from Protoplasts 
of Gentiana Species (Gentian) 
Y. TAKAHATA, H. JOMOR!, S. MIYANO, H. KUNITAKE, 
and M. MIl (With I Figure) 
I  Introduction .........................................  55 
2  Isolation of Protoplasts  ................................  56 
3 Culture of Protoplasts  .................................  57 
4  Regeneration of Plants  ................................  59 
5 Fusion of Protopl~sts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  60 
6 Conclusions  .........................................  60 
7 Protocol  ............................................  60 
References  ............................................  6 I 
1.7  Regeneration of Plants from Protoplasts 
of Gossypiul11 Species (Cotton) 
J.M. SHE, J.Y. Wu, and H.Y. ZHOU (With I Figure) 
I  Introduction  .........................................  63 
2  Isolation of Protoplasts  ................................  64 
3 Culture of Protoplasts  .................................  65 
4  Regeneration of Plants  ................................  66
Contents  XI 
5 Summary  68 
6 Protocol  68 
References  ........................................... .  68 
1.8  Regeneration of Plants from Protoplasts 
of Hemerocaflis (Daylily) 
A.D. KRIKORIAN (With 2 Figures) 
I  Introduction  .........................................  70 
2 Protocols. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  73 
3 Conclusion  ..........................................  76 
References  ............................................  76 
1.9  Regeneration of Plants from Protoplasts 
of Levisticum officinale Koch (Lovage) 
S.S. Guo (With I Figure) 
I  Introduction ........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  79 
2 Isolation of Protoplasts  ................................  80 
3 Culture of Protoplasts  .................................  83 
4 Regeneration of Plants  ................................  86 
5 Fusion of Protoplasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  86 
6 Summary  ...........................................  87 
7 Protocol  ............................................  87 
References  ............................................  88 
I.l 0  Regeneration of Plants from Protoplasts 
of Lonicera Species (Honeysuckle) 
S.l. OCHATT and D. GEORGES (With I Figure) 
I  Introduction ........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  90 
2 Background on Tissue Culture Studies with 
Lonicera Genotypes .......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  90 
3 Protoplast Studies with Lonicera  ........................  91 
4 Conclusion  ..........................................  99 
References  ............................................  99 
I.lI  Regeneration of Plants from Protoplasts 
of Platanus orientalis (Plane Tree) 
Z.M. WEI and Z.H. Xu (With I Figure) 
I  Introduction  .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  101 
2 Establishment of Sterile Shoot Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  102 
3 Protoplast Isolation and Culture  ........................  102 
4 Callus Proliferation and Plant Regeneration 
from Protoplast-Derived Calli  ............................  104 
5 Summary  ...........................................  106 
6 Protocol  ............................................  106 
References  ............................................  107
XII  Contents 
1.12  Regeneration of Plants from Protoplasts 
of Solanum khasianum C.B. Clark and Solanum laciniatum Ait. 
D. SIHACHAKR, I. SERRAF, M.H. CHAPUT, 1. MUSSIO, 
L. ROSSIGNOL, and G. DUCREUX (With I Figure) 
I  Introduction .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  108 
2 Isolation of Protoplasts  ................................  III 
3 Culture of Protoplasts  .................................  113 
4 Plant Regeneration from Protoplast-Derived Callus. . . . . . . . .  115 
5 Fusion of Protoplasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  116 
6 Summary and Conclusion  ..............................  117 
7 Protocol  ............................................  117 
References  ............................................  118 
1.13  Regeneration of Plants from Pro top lasts 
of Trititrigia (Triticum sect. trititrigia) 
T.B. WANG and Y.Q. QIAN (With 4 Figures) 
Introduction ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  121 
2 Establishment of Embryogenic Cell Suspensions .... . . . . . . . .  122 
3 Isolation,of Protoplasts  ................................  123 
4 Culture of Protoplasts  .................................  126 
5 Regeneration of Plants  ................................  127 
6 Fusion of Protoplasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  128 
7 Conclusions and Prospects  .............................  129 
8 Experimental Protocol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  129 
References  ............................................  130 
Section II  Genetic Transformation and Transgenic Plants 
II.l  Genetic Transformation in Arachis hypogaea L. (Peanut) 
J.A. SCHNALL and A.K. WEISSINGER (With 6 Figures) 
1 Introduction.........................................  135 
2 Transformation  ......................................  136 
3 Conclusions  .........................................  143 
References  ............................................  143 
11.2  Genetic Transformation in Dendrobium (Orchid) 
G.-L. NAN and A.R. KUEHNLE (With 6 Figures) 
1 Introduction ........... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  145 
2 Genetic Engineering of Dendrobium  ......................  146 
3 Summary  ...........................................  153 
References  ............................................  154