Table 1. Callus induction from mature seeds of seven Italian ryegrass cultivars after 6 weeks of culture.



Cultivars

Callus type of mature seed culture (%)a

Type-I*

Type-II**

Total

Kogreen

35.3 ± 3.1

27.7 ± 3.5

63.0 ± 5.2

Kospeed

44.0 ± 4.6

30.0 ± 2.0

74.0 ± 3.6

Kowinearly

46.0 ± 8.6

28.7 ± 2.3

74.7 ± 9.3

Kowinmaster

30.7 ± 3.8

25.0 ± 3.8

55.7 ± 3.8

Hwasan 101

47.3 ± 4.9

33.3 ± 4.2

80.7 ± 4.0

Hwasan 104

25.0 ± 10.8

23.3 ± 4.4

48.3 ± 12.7

Kowinner

29.0 ± 4.6

24.3 ± 7.5

53.3 ± 3.2

aData were expressed as the average of three replicates, each with 100 mature seeds cultured on callus induction medium and each value is the mean of three individual experiments.Morphological phenotypes of embryogenic calli* and non-embryogenic calli**.


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