Abstract:
In order to screen out the culture medium suitable for the in vitro germination of
Barringtonia racemosa pollen and the optimal conditions for the storage of
B. racemosa pollen, this study took the pollen of
B. racemosa as the research object. Single-factor and orthogonal in vitro germination experiments were carried out by using different concentrations of sucrose, H
3BO
3, CaCl
2 and different levels of culture temperature. The results of determining pollen viability by the acetic carmine method, I
2-KI method, TTC method, MTT method and in vitro germination method were compared. The results showed that the best methods for determining the viability of
B. racemosa pollen were the MTT method and the in vitro germination method. The optimal culture medium for the in vitro germination of
B. racemosa pollen was sucrose at 50 g/L, H
3BO
3 at 100 mg/L, CaCl
2 at 25 mg/L, and the pollen germination rate was 18.53%, with the culture temperature being 37 ℃. The germination rates of both dried and undried pollen under different storage temperatures gradually decreased with the storage time. Under the condition of −20 ℃ and after the pollen was dried, the
B. racemosa pollen still had a germination rate after being stored for 12d units of time.