Somatic Embryogenesis and Secondary Somatic Embryogenesis in Flowering Plants
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Development and Morphogenesis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2025) | Viewed by 3589
Special Issue Editors
Interests: in vitro development; transgenic plants; secondary metabolites; plant hormones; seed germination
Interests: salt tolerance in cauliflower; plant physiology; somatic embryogenesis in spinach; Brassica oleracea
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Dear Colleagues,
Somatic embryogenesis is the most important method for plant propagation in vitro, especially for rare and endangered plant species. Additionally, before any genetic transformation, it is necessary to have a reliable and effective protocol for regeneration. Somatic embryogenesis is certainly the most desirable and superior type of regeneration.That process can be induced from different plant tissues and organs and can be controlled by the in vitro conditions (plant growth hormones, light/night periods). When new (secondary) somatic embryos are developed using primary somatic embryos as explants, we are speaking about secondary somatic embrygenesis. Benefits of secondary somatic embriogenesis are numerous. It has a potential to enhance and prolong embryogenic competence of certain plant lines, multiply the number of embryos that can be obtained (compared to primary somatic embryogenesis), and recycle somatic embryos of abnormal morphology that otherwise cannot regenerate into normal plants. Secondary somatic embryogenesis is characterized by high multiplication index, repeatability, independence from explants source effects, and high level of uniformity. Considering these advantages, secondary somatic embryogenesis provides a way to restore the embryogenic potential of important productive lines and is routinely used with broadleaved tree species as a method of long-term management.
This Special Issue is open to all types of research in the field of secondary somatic embriogensis including new initiation protocols, anatomy and histology of secondary embryos, genes that control these developmental processes, germination of secondary embryos and their development into mature plants, as well as the application of secondary embryogenesis in plant genetic transformation
Dr. Slađana I. Todorović
Dr. Jelena Milojević
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biotechnology
- germplasm conservation
- secondary embryogenesis
- somatic embryogenesis
- genetic transformation
- gene expression
- epigenetic
- genetic stability
- chimerism
- clonal propagation
- large-scale propagation
- regeneration
- germination
- histology
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