@article{fdi:010035716, title = {{E}ffect of primary culture medium composition on high frequency somatic embryogenesis in different {C}offea species}, author = {{S}amson, {N}allapali {P}. and {C}ampa, {C}laudine and {L}e {G}al, {L}{\'e}na{\¨ie}g and {N}oirot, {M}ichel and {T}homas, {G}. and {L}okeswari, {T}.{S}. and {D}e {K}ochko, {A}lexandre}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{H}igh frequency somatic embryogenesis can be obtained over a 7-8 month culture period when using current routing coffee tree micropropagation protocols. {T}o reduce this response time and improve the embryo formation yield, eight different media were tested for primary culture. {T}hese media differed from the classically used ones by their mineral nitrogen and plant growth regulator concentrations. {A}n increase from 0.66 to 0.75 in the {NO}3/{NO}3+{NH}4 ratio and a 2-fold lower plant growth regulator concentration in the primary culture medium led to substantial improvements in terms of rapidity and embryo/plantlet regeneration frequencies. {E}mbryo development time was reduced by up to 3 months with a 5-fold increase in the number of formed embryos. {T}hese results were obtained for the two cultivated coffee tree species, {C}offea canephora and {C}. arabica, and for a wild one, {C}. heterocalyx, but not for a second wild species, {C}. sp. {M}oloundou showing a species-specific response. {T}he new conditions described in this paper led to a substantial enhancement that should be particularly helpful for clonal propagation and genetic engineering of cultivated coffee plants.}, keywords = {{A}mmonium nitrate ratio ; clonal propagation ; coffee trees ; embryo development ; plant growth regulator}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{P}lant {C}ell {T}issue and {O}rgan {C}ulture}, volume = {86}, numero = {1}, pages = {37--45}, ISSN = {0167-6857}, year = {2006}, DOI = {10.1007/s11240-006-9094-2}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010035716}, }