Black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) is a world-famous spice crop, known as ‘the king of spice’. The establishment of tissue culture and regeneration technology of black pepper has important application value in improving the efficiency of seedling breeding and industrial development. Here, we investigated the effects of explant sterilization, callus induction, and embryo differentiation in somatic cell regeneration systematically in black pepper, and established the tissue culture technology using the elite cultivar ‘Reyin-1’ as the material. The results showed that episperm micropylar tissues could be employed as the explants. The ripe fruits were first sterilized with 75% alcohol for 45 s, and then peeled seeds were sterilized for 45 s in 75% alcohol, followed by 6-10 min of soaking in 0.1% mercuric chloride. The episperm was removed from the plantlet after two weeks culture in darkness, which was used as the explant for somatic embryogenesis. The callus was induced from episperm micropylar tissues within two-month subculture. The optimal culture medium for callus induction and embryogenic callus differentiation was MS+1.5% sucrose+0.80 mg/L 2,4-D+1.200 mg/L KT, and the callus induction rate was 88.14 %, and differentiation rate of embryogenic callus was about 58.18%. The embryo callus were transplanted on somatic embryo induction medium. Somatic embryos were induced on the medium MS+1.5% sucrose+0.40 mg/L 2,4-D+0.600 mg/L KT, with a induction rate of 13.33%. After two months of rooted culture, tissue culture plantlets were obtained, and the optimal medium for rooting culture was 1/2MS+1.5% sucrose+0.25% activated carbon. In conclusion, the study provided a combine method of alcohol and mercuric chloride for explants sterilization, identified that micropylar tissues of the episperm was the best explants for somatic embryogenesis in black pepper. The medium and culture conditions of callus induction, embryo differentiation, rooting culture during somatic embryogenesis were further explored in black pepper. The results would lay a foundation for high-efficiency tissue culture seedling and transgenic breeding in black pepper.
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |