Materials and methods. Seeds of Cucumis melo L. cv Galia were pealed and surface
sterilised in 1.2% solution of hypochlorite, 1 drop of Tween 20 per 100 ml. Seeds were
washed 4X with sterile water and cut into 4 longitudinally through the embryo, each explant
thus being half of a cotyledon with attached embryo fragment. The primary explants were
then plated onto autoclaved Murashige and Skoog (8) medium, with 3% sucrose, 8-10 g/l
agar, and 1 mg/1 benzyl adenine (MSBA1 medium). Plant material was incubated in a
growth room at 26 C in continuous light. Explants were transferred to fresh MSBA1 medium
with kanamycin at periods up to 7d after primary explant preparation. In a second set of
experiments explants were cut in pieces prior to transfer to kanamycin-containing MSBA1 at
5d old (table 2). Regeneration was scored as the% of explants with shoots or shoot buds...
Materials and methods. Seeds of Cucumis melo L. cv Galia were pealed and surface
sterilised in 1.2% solution of hypochlorite, 1 drop of Tween 20 per 100 ml. Seeds were
washed 4X with sterile water and cut into 4 longitudinally through the embryo, each explant
thus being half of a cotyledon with attached embryo fragment. The primary explants were
then plated onto autoclaved Murashige and Skoog (8) medium, with 3% sucrose, 8-10 g/l
agar, and 1 mg/1 benzyl adenine (MSBA1 medium). Plant material was incubated in a
growth room at 26 C in continuous light. Explants were transferred to fresh MSBA1 medium
with kanamycin at periods up to 7d after primary explant preparation. In a second set of
experiments explants were cut in pieces prior to transfer to kanamycin-containing MSBA1 at
5d old (table 2). Regeneration was scored as the% of explants with shoots or shoot buds...