Bananas and plantains (Musa spp.) are among the world's most important crops and are considered as a poor man's crop in tropical and subtropical countries. For this reason, they play a very important role in tropical regions' food security. Several pathogens throughout the tropical areas of the world have become a threat for production, including "black sigatoka" (Mycosphaerella fijiensis Morelet) which is the most damaging disease for Musa plantations in Cuba. It is present in all areas of the country, and it replaced "sigatoka disease" (Mycosphaerella musicola) as the main threat. Chemical control and cultural practices reduce damages, but they are not solving the problem. Genetic variations are the basic tools to develop new cultivars with better traits, such as tolerance against various environmental stresses, resistance against pests and diseases, and improved yield and quality. Tissue culture techniques offer the opportunity for variation induction, handling of large plant populations using established selection methods, and rapidly cloning selected variants. All these strategies can increase the efficiency of mutagenic treatments and subsequent screening of mutant materials. Somatic embryogenesis (SE) is also an excellent system for clonal propagation and mutation induction. The present chapter describes a protocol on how to use embryogenic cell suspensions (ECS) in plantain (Musa spp.) using both in vitro gamma irradiation and plant regeneration in order to achieve genetic improvement. The process involves a series of steps to properly select ECS for irradiation and the posttreatment handling for plant regeneration as well as mutant selection during acclimatization phase and under field conditions.
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<p>El cultivar de plátano ‘FHIA – 25’ (AAB), posee excelente rendimiento y alta resistencia a “Sigatoka negra”, pero con la limitante del bajo contenido de azúcar en su fruto, lo cual hace que sea necesario disponer de un método de regeneración de plantas a nivel celular como la embriogénesis somática, que se complemente a técnicas biotecnológicas de transformación genética para mejorar la calidad del fruto. El presente trabajo se realizó con el objetivo de establecer una metodología de regeneración vía embriogénesis somática a partir del explante inicial ápices de brotes axilares establecidos directamente en medio de cultivo líquido. Se obtuvieron suspensiones celulares embriogénicas homogéneas a partir del explante antes mencionado. Se lograron las mayores tasas de multiplicación a la densidad celular de 3,0%. La incubación de los embriones somáticos durante 30 días en el medio de cultivo de maduración permitió incrementar la germinación de los mismos. Durante la fase de aclimatización las plantas provenientes de los embriones somáticos, así como las plantas regeneradas por organogénesis, mostraron un alto porcentaje de supervivencia (98 y 97 %, respectivamente), sin la presencia de variación somaclonal.</p>
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