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Protocols for Micropropagation of Woody Trees and Fruits

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CHAPTER 16<br />

PROTOCOL FOR DOUBLED-HAPLOID<br />

MICROPROPAGATION IN QUERCUS SUBER L.<br />

AND ASSISTED VERIFICATION<br />

B. PINTOS 1 , J.A. MANZANERA 2 AND M.A. BUENO 1<br />

1 Lab. Forest. Biotech. CIFOR-INIA. Ctra. de la Coruña Km. 7,5. 28040 Madrid.<br />

Spain. E-mail: bueno@inia.es<br />

2 Technical University <strong>of</strong> Madrid (UPM). ETSI Montes. 28040 Madrid. Spain.<br />

1. INTRODUCTION<br />

Cork oak (Quercus suber L.) belongs to the family Fagaceae. The tree is robust, up<br />

to 20 metres high. The stem may reach 2 metres <strong>of</strong> diameter. The main raw material<br />

produced by this <strong>for</strong>est species is the corky bark. The cork is a dem<strong>and</strong>ed product <strong>of</strong><br />

economic importance, sustaining an active cork industry. The most valuable manufacture<br />

is the cork stopper <strong>for</strong> wines <strong>of</strong> high quality.<br />

This <strong>for</strong>est species has serious drawbacks <strong>for</strong> the deployment <strong>of</strong> the classical<br />

genetic improvement programmes, mainly based on: 1) its long life <strong>and</strong> irregular<br />

reproductive cycle; 2) low correlation between traits at the juvenile <strong>and</strong> adult phases;<br />

3) late sexual maturation; 4) the difficulty <strong>of</strong> seed conservation <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> vegetative<br />

reproduction; 5) difficulty <strong>for</strong> the establishment <strong>of</strong> seed orchards; <strong>and</strong> 6) the impractical<br />

method <strong>of</strong> repeated backcrossings <strong>for</strong> the production <strong>of</strong> pure lines. Somatic embryogenesis<br />

has been used to solve the problem <strong>of</strong> rapid plant propagation <strong>of</strong> selected<br />

trees. A different approach is based on the production <strong>of</strong> pure lines through doubledhaploid<br />

plant regeneration from gametic embryos induced in anther culture.<br />

A protocol <strong>for</strong> the production <strong>of</strong> doubled-haploids <strong>of</strong> cork oak has been developed<br />

through anther embryogenesis. By this method, the microspores are subjected<br />

to a stress treatment inside the anther cultured in vitro. Those microspores leave the<br />

gametophytic pathway <strong>and</strong> react shifting their development to the sporophytic pathway<br />

by means <strong>of</strong> which haploid embryos are obtained. Later on, those embryos<br />

develop into haploid plants that can be converted into doubled-haploids. Chromosome<br />

duplication either may spontaneously occur or be induced by the application <strong>of</strong> antimitotic<br />

chemicals.<br />

163<br />

S.M. Jain <strong>and</strong> H. Häggman (eds.), <strong>Protocols</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Micropropagation</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Woody</strong> <strong>Trees</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Fruits</strong>, 163–178.<br />

© 2007 Springer.

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