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Anther Culture in Crop Plants: Progress and Perspectives

Plant Breeding and Biotechnology 2023;11(2):69-96.
Published online: June 1, 2023

1Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh

2Faculty of Agriculture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh

*Corresponding author Arif Hasan Khan Robin, gpb21bau@bau.edu.bd, Tel: +88-09167401-7/64714, Fax: +88-09161510
• Received: October 11, 2022   • Revised: February 24, 2023   • Accepted: March 8, 2023

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Fig. 1 Schematic diagram showing the anther culture technique.
Fig. 2 Embryogenic calli (a), Embryo Like Structure (ELS), (b) and plant regenerating (c) from ELS of rice anther culture (Guzmán and Arias 2000); ELS (d, e), regenerating plantlets (f), regenerated plantlet (g), haploid (n) and double haploid (2n) wheat plant (h) by anther culture (Rubtsova et al. 2013); green and albino plantlet achieved through barley anther culture (i) (Sriskandarajah et al. 2015); Segregating green and albino plantlet found by tobacco anther culture (j) (Dunwell 2010).
Anther Culture in Crop Plants: Progress and Perspectives

List of rice varieties developed through anther culture having stress tolerance and other agronomic special features (Adopted from Sarao and Gosal et al. 2018).

Variety name Characteristics Country Reference
Huayu I, Huayu II, Xin Xiu, Late Keng 959, Tunghua 1, Tunghua 2, Tunghua 3, Zhonghua 8, Zhonghua 9, Huahanzao, Huajian 7902, Tanghuo 2, Shanhua 7706, Huahanzao 77001, Nanhua 5, Noll, Hua 03 Rice blast and bacterial blight resistance along with quality grain China Zang 1980; Hu and Zeng 1984; Chen 1986; Loo and Xu 1986; Yang and Fu 1989
Guan 18 Early maturity; good quality and disease resistance China Zhu and Pan 1990
Huayu 15 Resistant to lodging and diseases; good quality China Shouyi and Shouyin 1991
Milyang 90 Brown planthopper and stripe rust-resistant with better grain quality China China Chung 1987
Hwacheongbyeo, Joryeongbyeo, Hwajinbyeo Resistant to brown planthopper, rice stripe tenui virus, blast, and bacterial blight China Lee et al. 1989
Risabell High milling and cooking quality; resistant to blast India Pauk et al. 2009
CR Dhan 10 (CRAC2221-43), Satyakrishna Resistant to neck blast, sheath-rot, and yellow stem borer India CRRI Annual Report 2007–2008; Rao and Gosal 2018
CR Dhan 801 (CRAC2224-1041, IET18720), Phalguni Resistant to leaf blast, gall midge; moderately resistant to sheath rot, rice stripe tenuivirus, yellow stem borer, brown spot, and sheath blight China CRRI Annual Report 2009–2010;
Rao and Gosal 2018

Double haploid technology in wheat breeding.

Application Trait Reference
Development of cultivars Improving flour quality, higher molecular weight glutenin, rust resistance Ushiyama T 2008; Touraev et al. 2009; Bakhshi et al. 2012
Mapping quantitative trait loci Foliar disease of wheat, important agronomic traits, Fusarium head blight, number of tillers, number of spikes per plant and spike length, leaf rust resistance, photoperiod response, heading time, crossability among different wheat genome Chu et al. 2008a, b; Yang et al. 2005; Li et al. 2010; Suenaga et al. 2005; Huang et al. 2003; Sourdille et al. 2000; Tixier et al. 1998
Production of transgenic plants Salt tolerance, drought tolerance Chauhan and Khurana 2010, 2011; Khurana et al. 2011

List of Brassica species with mapping traits using double haploid technology.

Species Trait Reference
B. juncea Seed color, Yield contributing QTL, Oil quality and oil content, White rust resistance, Seed glucosinolate, Seed weight Padmaja et al. 2014; Ramchiary et al. 2007a; Yadava et al. 2012; Jagannath et al. 2011; Panjabi-Massand et al. 2010; Rout et al. 2018; Ramchiary et al. 2007b; Dhaka et al. 2017b
B. oleracea Seed vigour and pre-emergence seedling growth traits Bettey et al. 2000
B. napus Seed glucosinolate quantity Uzunova et al. 1995

Haploid and double haploid technology in tobacco breeding.

Technology Application Reference
Haploid Genome mapping, identification of quantitative trait loci (QTL), genetic transformation, marker assisted selection in breeding for new cultivars Wernsman 1993; Tai 2005; Milla et al. 2005
Haploid & double haploid Environment-friendly F1 hybrid system Ribarits et al. 2007
Table 1 List of rice varieties developed through anther culture having stress tolerance and other agronomic special features (Adopted from Sarao and Gosal et al. 2018).
Table 2 Double haploid technology in wheat breeding.
Table 3 List of Brassica species with mapping traits using double haploid technology.
Table 4 Haploid and double haploid technology in tobacco breeding.