Publication: Cryopreservation of Orchid Pollinia Using the V Cryo-Plate Method
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2021-01-01
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01432044
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Mahidol University
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Cryo letters. Vol.42, No.1 (2021), 25-32
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N. Jitsopakul, P. Homchan, K. Thammasiri Cryopreservation of Orchid Pollinia Using the V Cryo-Plate Method. Cryo letters. Vol.42, No.1 (2021), 25-32. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/78742
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Cryopreservation of Orchid Pollinia Using the V Cryo-Plate Method
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BACKGROUND: Preserving pollinia viability and fertility for pollination at specific times of the year is very important in orchid breeding. One possible method is cryopreservation using aluminium cryo-plate which is increasingly used for the long-term storage of plant genetic resources. OBJECTIVE: To determine a V cryo-plate method for the cryopreservation of orchid pollinia and apply it to some Thai orchid species for breeding. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Pollinia of Rhynchostylis gigantea (L.) Ridl. were collected from completely open flowers in the morning and then were placed on aluminium cryo-plates embedded in alginate gel, then immersed in loading solution containing 2 M glycerol and 0.4 M sucrose for 15 min at room temperature (29oC), and then dehydrated with PVS2 solution for 0-60 min at 29oC. The cryo-plates with pollinia were directly plunged into liquid nitrogen for 40 min, and rapidly warmed in 1 M sucrose for 15 min. The cryopreserved and non-cryopreserved pollinia were used for hand-pollinating flowers of the same species for producing hybrids. RESULTS: The viability of non-cryopreserved and cryopreserved pollinia dehydrated with PVS2 was 100%. The highest capsule set after pollinating flowers with cryopreserved pollinia dehydrated with PVS2 for 40 min was also up to 100%. The protocol for cryopreservation of R. gigantea (L.) Ridl pollinia using V cryo-plate method was successfully applied for the cryopreservation of nine Thai orchid species. The exposure time to PVS2 affected the pollinia viability (range 40-100 %; average 93%) and capsule set (range 20-100 %; average 78%) of the nine species. The successful capsule set and seed production after pollination with cryopreserved pollinia in all orchid hybrids were observed. Seed germinated into protocorms and developed to plantlets cultured on modified Vacin and Went (1949) agar medium. CONCLUSION: Cryopreservation of freshly collected orchid pollinia using V cryo-plate method is an efficient tool for the long-term storage of plant germplasm and for orchid breeding.
