Effect of Phytohormones on Adventitious Bud Differentiation from Bulb Scales of Oriental Lily Test-tube Plantlets

[Objective] The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of differ- ent phytohormones on the adventitious bud differentiation of oriental lily. [Method] The bulb scales of the test-tube plantlets of Tiber, Rodina and Constanta were cul- tured in media supplemented with different cytokinin and auxin at different concen- tration, and then the adventitious buds in each treatment were calculated. [Result] Cytokinins had different influence on the adventitious bud differentiation of the three oriental lily cultivars. Among them, 6-BA had the best effect to induce the adventi- tious bud differentiation from bulb scales of Tiber and Rodina, but there was some difference in the optimal concentration. KT had the best effect to induce the adven- titious bud differentiation of Constanta. The auxins had little influence on the quality of the adventitious bud of the three oriental lily cultivars, but caused some difference in differentiation coefficients. [Conclusion] The most suitable media for the adventi- tious bud differentiation from bulb scales in vitro of Tiber, Rodina and Constanta were MS＋0.2 mg/L 6-BA＋0.2 mg/L 2,4-D, MS＋I.0 mg/L 6-BA＋0.2 mg/L IAA, MS＋ 1.0 mg/L KT＋0.5 mg/L 2,4-D, respectively.

Study on Transformation of Oriental Hybrid Lily by Agrobacterium-mediated

An efficient procedure was described for the transformation of the monocotyledonous oriental hybrid lily, Lilium cv. Siberia. by Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation via leaves regeneration, The leaves of leaflets which derived from bulbs were sliced into 1.0 cm long and were co-cultivated with A. tumefaciens strain LBA4404/pB2AE12, which harbored a vector carrying the neomycin phosphotransferase, DREB2A genes in the T-DNA region. The suitable genetic transformation condition was determined as follows： the bacterial concentration reached 0.5-0.6 （OD600）, 15 min infection time, 20 mg.L^-1 acetosyingone, and 10.6 mmol.L^-1 NH4NO3 medium was used for co-cultivation 3 days, delayed 7 days for selecting by 30 mg.L^-1 kanamycin containing regeneration medium. Efficient shoot regeneration was observed on MS medium supplemented with 1.0 mg.L^-1 naphthaleneacetic acid, 0.5 mg.L^-1 benzyladenine and 0.1 mg.L^-1 Kinetin after about 6 weeks culture. The presence ofDREB2A gene in the genomic DNA of regenerated plants was detected by means of PCR analysis.

Photosynthetic characteristics of three varieties of Lilium “Oriental Hybrids”in the central areas of Yunnan Province, China

To understand the ecophysiological adapta-tion of Lilium"Oriental Hybrids",which are grown for their commercial bulbs,the gas exchange,leaf N and chlorophyll content of the three varieties were investigated in the central areas of the Yunnan Province.Among the three varieties,light-saturated photosynthetic rate at ambient CO_(2)(Amax)of Tiber was the highest,while that of Siberia was the lowest.The difference in the Amax was related to the carboxylation efficiency(CE),leaf mass per unit area and leaf N content per mass,which indicated that their photosynthetic capacity was influenced by the activity and/or the quantity of Rubisco.The three vari-eties had lower photosynthetic saturation points and pho-tosynthetic compensation points,but the photosynthetic rates were not decreased up to 2000 μmol·m^(-2)·s^(-1) of the light intensity.This indicates that the three varieties had broad adaptability to light intensity.There were signifi-cant differences in the photosyn thetic optimum temper-ature among the three varieties.Siberia had the highest photosynthetic optimum temperature(25.5℃-34.9℃),and is likely to grow well in warm areas.Sorbonne had the lowest photosynthetic optimum temperature(19.3℃-25.6℃),and its growth is favored in cool areas.Tiber can maintain a high photosynthetic rate within a wide range of temperature.Therefore,Tiber is the most suitable variety for the climate in the central areas of the Yunn an Province,China.