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Soil salinity is one of the most important abiotic stresses that limit crop production. Responses of six
breeding lines of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) to NaCl stress were studied in callus induction.
Hypocotyl and cotyledon segments were chosen as explants for callus induction in vitro. The six
investigated tomato genotypes differed in their callus growth. Tomato seeds were cultured for callus
formation and that callus were treated with different NaCl concentrations in nutrient solutions. The
effect of the stress applied on the callus was evaluated after 10days and 17days. Different salt
concentrations significantly affected the biomass callus size and callus weight of tomato. G6 showed
better performance under high salt concentrations but not at low salt concentrations. It indicates the
expression of functional genes occur at high salt stress. However, it is possible to select callus line
tolerant to elevated levels of NaCl stress by sudden exposure to high of NaCl, accordingly a NaCl
tolerant cell line was selected from hypocotyls and cotyledon derived callus of tomato which proved
to be a true cell line variant. The interaction effect of variety and treatment revealed that genotype
G6 and G1 were the highest and lowest performer respectively. These findings indicated some salt
tolerant tomato genotypes which will be promising for regeneration and for future breeding
program. It is quiet necessary to assay accumulation of proline and the anti-oxidant enzymes from
the control and stressed callus as they are the indicator of salt tolerance. It is evident that tissue
culture technique was able to evaluate several genotypes for salt tolerance into cell level under
controlled environment with relatively little space and less time required comparing with such
process studies at the whole plant level.
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES
.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
RESULTS
CONCLUSIONS
REFERENCES
Aazami, M.A., Torabi, M. and Shekari, F. (2010). Response of some tomato cultivars to sodium
chloride stress under in vitro culture condition. African J. Agril. Res. 5(18): 2589-2592.
Martinez, C.A., Maestri, M., and Lani, E.G. (1996). In vitro salt tolerance and proline accumulation in
andean potato (Solanum spp.) differing in frost resistance. Plant Sci., 116: 177-184.
Mohamed, A.N., Rahman, M.H., Alsadon, A.A. and Islam, R. (2007). Accumulation of proline in
NaCl-treated callus of six tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) cultivars. Plant Tissue Cult.
Biotech. 17(2): 217-220.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Julfiker Jony, Sheikh Md. Masum, and Dr. Melmaiee
1. To study the in vitro effect of different NaCl concentrations on callus biomass.
2. To identify and select the salt tolerant callus lines.
3. To assay the magnitude of genetic divergence in tomato genotypes regarding callus induction.
4. To establish an effective callus induction protocol for six genotypes of tomato under control and
salt stress condition
1Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Delaware State University, Dover, Delaware, USA
Anju Biswas1, Naheed Zeba1 and Sathya Elavarthi2
IN VITRO SELECTION OF CALLI FOR SALT TOLERANCE IN TOMATO (Solanum lycopersicum L.)
0 mM 50 mM 100 mM 150 mM 200 mM
G1
G2
G3
G4
G5
G6
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
0mM 50mM 100mM 150mM 200mM
Biomasssize(mm)10DAT
NaCl concentration
G1
G2
G3
G4
G5
G6
A
-1
-0.5
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
(0-50)mM (50-100)mM (100-150)mM (150-200)mM
Biomasssize(mm)reduction10DAT
NaCl concentration
G1
G2
G3
G4
G5
G6
A
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
1.2
0 mM 50 mM 100 mM 150 mM 200 mM
Biomassweight10DAT(g)
NaCl concentration
G1
G2
G3
G4
G5
G6
A
-0.1
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
(0-50)mM (50-100) mM (100-150) mM (150-200) mM
Biomassweight(g)reduction10DAT
NaCl concentration
G1
G2
G3
G4
G5
G6
A
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
0mM 50mM 100mM 150mM 200mM
Biomasssize(mm)17DAT
Nacl concentration
G1
G2
G3
G4
G5
G6
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
(0-50)mM (50-100)mM (100-150)mM (150-200)mM
Biomasssize(mm)reduction17DAT
NaCl concentration
G1
G2
G3
G4
G5
G6
B
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1
0mM 50mM 100mM 150mM 200mM
Biomassweight(g)17DAT
NaCl concentration
G1
G2
G3
G4
G5
G6
B
-0.2
-0.15
-0.1
-0.05
0
0.05
0.1
0.15
0.2
0.25
0.3
(0-50)Mm (50-100)Mm (100-150)Mm (150-200)Mm
Biomassweightreduction17DAT
NaCl concentration
G1
G2
G3
G4
G5
G6
B
Poster no. 1100-093-Y
High salinity is one of the major stress factors among the abiotic stresses. As saline soils and saline
waters are common around the world, great effort has been devoted to understanding physiological
aspects of tolerance to salinity in plants and it serves as a basis for plant breeders to develop salinity-
tolerant genotypes. For in vitro selection of callus line, six genotypes of tomato were taken for this study.
G6 exhibited better performance under high salt concentrations i.e., at 100 mM and 200 mM but not at
low salt concentrations. It indicates the expression of functional genes occurs at high salt stress. It can
also be concluded that, the salt tolerant callus line could overcome the adverse effect of NaCl and
genotype G6 exhibited better growth on NaCl supplemented medium when compared to salt sensitive
callus lines like G1 and G5. This study dealt with an optimize protocol for callus induction and in vitro
selection of salt tolerant callus lines in tomato and could be made the progress of regeneration followed
by gene expression analysis and thereby identify and isolate the genes involved in the process of salt
tolerance for future genetic transformation.
B
Seeds from six different genotypes named G1 (BD-
7755), G2 (BD-7757), G3 (BD-9008), G4 (BD-
9011), G5 (BD-10122), G6 (BD-10123) were taken
as plant materials. MS medium, Sterilizing chemicals
(Sodium hypo chlorite NaOCl, 70% ethanol),
Sucrose, Agar, NaOH (10 N, 1N), HCl, KCl (3M),
NaCl (laboratory grade), Absolute Ethanol, Ethanol
(70%), Methylated spirit, NAA (1-Naphthaleneacetic
acid ), BAP (6Benzylaminopurine), etc were used for
this experiment as chemical. Three types of medium
were used in this experiment.
1. Seeds were inoculated in MS (Murashige and
Skoog) medium without any hormone
supplement for seed germination.
2. MS medium supplemented with 2 mg/l of BAP
and 0.2 g/l of NAA for callus induction.
3. Finally, MS medium as 2. supplemented with
different salt concentrations (0 mM, 50 mM, 100
mM, 150 mM and 200 mM) for salt stress
treatment.
Fig 1: Seed inoculation and Incubation. A.
Inoculation of seeds in petri-dish B.
Incubation in growth chamber.
Fig 2: Gradual change of cotyledon and hypocotyls to the callus. A. Inoculation of seed.
B. Germination of seedlings. C. Inoculation of hypocotyl. D. Enlargement and swelling of
explants. E. Callus induction. F. Subculture
Fig 3: Changes of callus under salt stress A. at 10DAT and B. at 17DAT
Fig 4. Changes of callus size under salt stress at 10 DAT and 17 DAT
A. Mean biomass size at 10 DAT and B. Mean biomass size at 17 DAT
Fig 5. Callus size reduction under salt stress at 10 DAT and 17DAT
A. Mean biomass size reduction 10 DAT and B. Mean biomass size reduction
at 17 DAT
Fig 6. Callus weight reduction under salt stress at 10 DAT and at 17DAT
A. Mean biomass weight reduction at 10 DAT and B. Mean biomass weight
reduction at 17 DAT
Fig 5. Changes of callus weight under salt stress at 10 DAT and at 17DAT
A. Mean biomass weight at 10 DAT and B. Mean biomass weight at 17 DAT
Size and weight of callus of six genotypes were recorded at 10 DAT (Days After Treatment) and at
17 DAT in different NaCl concentrations and significant results were found. Reduction in growth
with increasing salinity in growth media may be attributed to water deficit or ion toxicity associated
with excessive ion uptake particularly of [Na.sup.+] and [Cl.sup.-] (Satti and Lopez, 1994) and that
happened with all genotypes in the experiment. G6 and G2 showed better performance compared to
other genotypes. Marthinez et al. (1996) reported a positive relationship between proline
accumulation and NaCl tolerance in potato (Mohamed et al., 2007). Proline protects hydration shell
in the cell and helps protect from denaturation of proteins. With increasing of NaCl, the proline
content of all cultivars significantly increased in the study of Aazami et al. (2010). G1 and G5 were
more sensitive to salt under different concentrations. G3 and G4 also exhibited significant
performance in low salt concentrations like 50mM but not in higher salt concentrations.
BA

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Poster for ASPB conference

  • 1. RESEARCH POSTER PRESENTATION DESIGN © 2012 www.PosterPresentations.com Soil salinity is one of the most important abiotic stresses that limit crop production. Responses of six breeding lines of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) to NaCl stress were studied in callus induction. Hypocotyl and cotyledon segments were chosen as explants for callus induction in vitro. The six investigated tomato genotypes differed in their callus growth. Tomato seeds were cultured for callus formation and that callus were treated with different NaCl concentrations in nutrient solutions. The effect of the stress applied on the callus was evaluated after 10days and 17days. Different salt concentrations significantly affected the biomass callus size and callus weight of tomato. G6 showed better performance under high salt concentrations but not at low salt concentrations. It indicates the expression of functional genes occur at high salt stress. However, it is possible to select callus line tolerant to elevated levels of NaCl stress by sudden exposure to high of NaCl, accordingly a NaCl tolerant cell line was selected from hypocotyls and cotyledon derived callus of tomato which proved to be a true cell line variant. The interaction effect of variety and treatment revealed that genotype G6 and G1 were the highest and lowest performer respectively. These findings indicated some salt tolerant tomato genotypes which will be promising for regeneration and for future breeding program. It is quiet necessary to assay accumulation of proline and the anti-oxidant enzymes from the control and stressed callus as they are the indicator of salt tolerance. It is evident that tissue culture technique was able to evaluate several genotypes for salt tolerance into cell level under controlled environment with relatively little space and less time required comparing with such process studies at the whole plant level. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES . MATERIALS AND METHODS RESULTS CONCLUSIONS REFERENCES Aazami, M.A., Torabi, M. and Shekari, F. (2010). Response of some tomato cultivars to sodium chloride stress under in vitro culture condition. African J. Agril. Res. 5(18): 2589-2592. Martinez, C.A., Maestri, M., and Lani, E.G. (1996). In vitro salt tolerance and proline accumulation in andean potato (Solanum spp.) differing in frost resistance. Plant Sci., 116: 177-184. Mohamed, A.N., Rahman, M.H., Alsadon, A.A. and Islam, R. (2007). Accumulation of proline in NaCl-treated callus of six tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) cultivars. Plant Tissue Cult. Biotech. 17(2): 217-220. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Julfiker Jony, Sheikh Md. Masum, and Dr. Melmaiee 1. To study the in vitro effect of different NaCl concentrations on callus biomass. 2. To identify and select the salt tolerant callus lines. 3. To assay the magnitude of genetic divergence in tomato genotypes regarding callus induction. 4. To establish an effective callus induction protocol for six genotypes of tomato under control and salt stress condition 1Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh 2Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Delaware State University, Dover, Delaware, USA Anju Biswas1, Naheed Zeba1 and Sathya Elavarthi2 IN VITRO SELECTION OF CALLI FOR SALT TOLERANCE IN TOMATO (Solanum lycopersicum L.) 0 mM 50 mM 100 mM 150 mM 200 mM G1 G2 G3 G4 G5 G6 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 0mM 50mM 100mM 150mM 200mM Biomasssize(mm)10DAT NaCl concentration G1 G2 G3 G4 G5 G6 A -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 (0-50)mM (50-100)mM (100-150)mM (150-200)mM Biomasssize(mm)reduction10DAT NaCl concentration G1 G2 G3 G4 G5 G6 A 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 0 mM 50 mM 100 mM 150 mM 200 mM Biomassweight10DAT(g) NaCl concentration G1 G2 G3 G4 G5 G6 A -0.1 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 (0-50)mM (50-100) mM (100-150) mM (150-200) mM Biomassweight(g)reduction10DAT NaCl concentration G1 G2 G3 G4 G5 G6 A 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 0mM 50mM 100mM 150mM 200mM Biomasssize(mm)17DAT Nacl concentration G1 G2 G3 G4 G5 G6 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 (0-50)mM (50-100)mM (100-150)mM (150-200)mM Biomasssize(mm)reduction17DAT NaCl concentration G1 G2 G3 G4 G5 G6 B 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 0mM 50mM 100mM 150mM 200mM Biomassweight(g)17DAT NaCl concentration G1 G2 G3 G4 G5 G6 B -0.2 -0.15 -0.1 -0.05 0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 (0-50)Mm (50-100)Mm (100-150)Mm (150-200)Mm Biomassweightreduction17DAT NaCl concentration G1 G2 G3 G4 G5 G6 B Poster no. 1100-093-Y High salinity is one of the major stress factors among the abiotic stresses. As saline soils and saline waters are common around the world, great effort has been devoted to understanding physiological aspects of tolerance to salinity in plants and it serves as a basis for plant breeders to develop salinity- tolerant genotypes. For in vitro selection of callus line, six genotypes of tomato were taken for this study. G6 exhibited better performance under high salt concentrations i.e., at 100 mM and 200 mM but not at low salt concentrations. It indicates the expression of functional genes occurs at high salt stress. It can also be concluded that, the salt tolerant callus line could overcome the adverse effect of NaCl and genotype G6 exhibited better growth on NaCl supplemented medium when compared to salt sensitive callus lines like G1 and G5. This study dealt with an optimize protocol for callus induction and in vitro selection of salt tolerant callus lines in tomato and could be made the progress of regeneration followed by gene expression analysis and thereby identify and isolate the genes involved in the process of salt tolerance for future genetic transformation. B Seeds from six different genotypes named G1 (BD- 7755), G2 (BD-7757), G3 (BD-9008), G4 (BD- 9011), G5 (BD-10122), G6 (BD-10123) were taken as plant materials. MS medium, Sterilizing chemicals (Sodium hypo chlorite NaOCl, 70% ethanol), Sucrose, Agar, NaOH (10 N, 1N), HCl, KCl (3M), NaCl (laboratory grade), Absolute Ethanol, Ethanol (70%), Methylated spirit, NAA (1-Naphthaleneacetic acid ), BAP (6Benzylaminopurine), etc were used for this experiment as chemical. Three types of medium were used in this experiment. 1. Seeds were inoculated in MS (Murashige and Skoog) medium without any hormone supplement for seed germination. 2. MS medium supplemented with 2 mg/l of BAP and 0.2 g/l of NAA for callus induction. 3. Finally, MS medium as 2. supplemented with different salt concentrations (0 mM, 50 mM, 100 mM, 150 mM and 200 mM) for salt stress treatment. Fig 1: Seed inoculation and Incubation. A. Inoculation of seeds in petri-dish B. Incubation in growth chamber. Fig 2: Gradual change of cotyledon and hypocotyls to the callus. A. Inoculation of seed. B. Germination of seedlings. C. Inoculation of hypocotyl. D. Enlargement and swelling of explants. E. Callus induction. F. Subculture Fig 3: Changes of callus under salt stress A. at 10DAT and B. at 17DAT Fig 4. Changes of callus size under salt stress at 10 DAT and 17 DAT A. Mean biomass size at 10 DAT and B. Mean biomass size at 17 DAT Fig 5. Callus size reduction under salt stress at 10 DAT and 17DAT A. Mean biomass size reduction 10 DAT and B. Mean biomass size reduction at 17 DAT Fig 6. Callus weight reduction under salt stress at 10 DAT and at 17DAT A. Mean biomass weight reduction at 10 DAT and B. Mean biomass weight reduction at 17 DAT Fig 5. Changes of callus weight under salt stress at 10 DAT and at 17DAT A. Mean biomass weight at 10 DAT and B. Mean biomass weight at 17 DAT Size and weight of callus of six genotypes were recorded at 10 DAT (Days After Treatment) and at 17 DAT in different NaCl concentrations and significant results were found. Reduction in growth with increasing salinity in growth media may be attributed to water deficit or ion toxicity associated with excessive ion uptake particularly of [Na.sup.+] and [Cl.sup.-] (Satti and Lopez, 1994) and that happened with all genotypes in the experiment. G6 and G2 showed better performance compared to other genotypes. Marthinez et al. (1996) reported a positive relationship between proline accumulation and NaCl tolerance in potato (Mohamed et al., 2007). Proline protects hydration shell in the cell and helps protect from denaturation of proteins. With increasing of NaCl, the proline content of all cultivars significantly increased in the study of Aazami et al. (2010). G1 and G5 were more sensitive to salt under different concentrations. G3 and G4 also exhibited significant performance in low salt concentrations like 50mM but not in higher salt concentrations. BA