Plant regeneration from mesophyll-protoplasts of four different ecotypes and two marker lines from Arabidopsis thaliana using a unique protocol.

A protocol for obtaining regenerated fertile plants from mesophyll protoplasts of four ecotypes (Col C24, Per-1, Bur-0, Landsberg erecta) and two marker lines (M4 and M10) of Ardbidopsis thaliana is described. The different lines showed plating efficiencies between 1.0 and 3.9% using Nitsch medium or this medium supplemented with coconut water. For the differentiation of callus into normal shoots a single shoot regeneration medium was applicable to all ecotypes, but depending on the line other regeneration media showed to be more suitable. The results indicated that the protoplast culture procedure is applicable, with minor modifications, to all tested genotypes but the most suitable shoot regeneration medium should be established for each A. thaliana line.