고추의 소포자 배양 시 모식물의 생육조건, 소포자 나출 방법, 치상배지 및 광배양이 배의 발생에 미치는 영향

Abstract

To establish an efficient and reliable microspore culture system for pepper (Capsicum annuum L.), the effect of light intensity used for donor plant’s growth, microspore isolation methods, the composition of culture medium, and culture period in light on the production of embryos were investigated. The viability of microspores taken from the plants grown under the light intensity of 10,000 lux was almost same as that from the lower (5,500 lux) light intensity, and the embryo induction and development were a bit higher when donor plants were grown under the lower light intensity. This result implies that lower light intensity does not interfere with the embryo induction and development. However, it was very difficult to prepare microspores for culture since only a small number of flower buds could be harvested from plants grown under the light intensity of 5,500 lux. Microspore isolation methods greatly affected microspores viability; that is, when microspores were isolated by blending rather than maceration, the greater number of viable microspores were easily generated (about 13 times). Among media used for microspores culture in this study, MN medium was most efficient for embryo induction and development. Total number of embryos and the number of cotyledonary embryos were highest when microspores were cultured in dark for 4 weeks, and then in light for one week. These results will be provide valuable information to set up efficient microspore culture system of hot pepper with a high frequency of embryo production, which are applicable to gene transformation and mutagenesis.