Efficient Plant Regeneration System for New Guinea Impatiens (Impatiens Hawkeri W. Bull) CV. ‘Violet’and ‘Scarlet Bronze Leaf’
Abstract New Guinea Impatiens (Impatiens hawkeri W. Bull) is an eye-popping landscaping plant which is of bright and colorful blooms. A highly efficient in vitro plant regeneration system through direct shoot organogenesis was established for the first time from hypocotyl with partial cotyledons of New Guinea Impatiens. The results showed that Explant sterilization method, basic medium type,AgNO3,sucrose and plant growth regulators (PGRs) have greatly influences on in vitro morphogenesis.The regeneration rate in regeneration media that MS supplemented with 0.5mg·L−1 TDZ and 0.1mg·L−1 NAA was acceptable ,the induction rate of 'Violet' was 86.67%, and its proliferation coefficient was 5.27, while the induction rate of 'Scarlet Bronze Leaf' was 83.33%, and its proliferation coefficient was 5.13.PIC was unable to induce clumped sprouts, but it had a better effect on callus induction.We also included a shoot multiplication stage using regeneration New Guinea Impatiens medium that MS supplemented with 0.8mg·L−1 6-BA,0.5mg·L−1 TDZ and 0.05mg ·L−1 NAA.Reducing sucrose concentration to 20g·L−1 or adding 1mg·L−1AgNO3 could alleviate the vitrification phenomenon in the process of tufted bud proliferation.The optimal root culture medium for the regenerated seedlings of 'violet' and 'scarlet bronze leaf' of New Guinea Impatiens was MS supplemented with 0.05mg·L−1IBA, the rooting rate reached 100%.The study examined the micropropagation responses of New Guinea Impatiens in the presence of various growth regulators and provided a simple and more suitable protocol adapted for the mass propagation of clones.