Determination of Nuclear DNA Content and Chromosome Number of Verbascum scamandri Murb. (Scrophulariaceae)


Yücel G., Cambaz E., Çördük N.

Anadolu Tarım Bilimleri Dergisi, cilt.38, sa.2, ss.397-406, 2023 (Hakemli Dergi)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 38 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.7161/omuanajas.1286961
  • Dergi Adı: Anadolu Tarım Bilimleri Dergisi
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.397-406
  • Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The study aimed to determine the chromosome number and nuclear DNA content of an endemic plant, Verbascum scamandri, using 14-week-old plants germinated from seed and to determine the genetic stability based on flow cytometry analyses in callus tissue induced MS medium containing 1 mg/L Kin + 1 mg/L 2,4-D and 9-week-old propagated plants, induced and developed on MS medium containing 2 mg/L Kin + 0.1 mg/L 2,4-D. In the mitotic chromosome counts showed that V. scamandri had 2n = 32 chromosome number. Flow cytometric analysis revealed that 14-week-old in vitro grown plants have 0.73 pg/2C ± 0.01, callus tissue has 0.76 pg/2C ± 0.02 and propagated plantlets have 0.79 pg/2C ± 0.01. The results proved that propagated plants had similar DNA content to the seed-derived plants which showed analysed plants were genetically stable.