Comprehensive Medicinal Plant Database

Tissue Culture Literation

Plant latin namePanax ginseng C. A. Mey.
Literature codePanax_ginseng-Ref-3
ReferenceChoi YE et al., Plant Cell Reports 17: 544-551 (1998)
SummaryCotyledon explants of Korean ginseng (Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer) produced somatic embryos directly on growth regulator-free medium. Somatic embryos developed as either multiple or single-state forms, depending on the degree of maturity of the cotyledons. Cotyledon explants from midmature zygotic embryos formed multiple embryos, while cotyledons from fully mature zygotic embryos formed single embryos. Somatic single embryos regenerated into normal plantlets with both roots and shoots, while multiple embryos did not produce roots but regenerated only into multiple shoots. In full-strength MS basal medium, the root growth of plantlets derived from single embryos was weak compared to that of shoots. Deletion of ammonium nitrate from the MS medium promoted the root growth of the plantlets. The ginseng plants with well-developed shoots and roots regenerated from single embryos were successfully acclimatized in a greenhouse when they were planted in soil.
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Explant
Initial culture
Shoot multiplication
Rooting
Acclimation
Planting
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