Indirect Organogenesis and High Frequency Plant Regeneration in Buckwheat ( Fagopyrum tartaricum Gaertn.)

Buckwheat (Fagopyrum spp.) is a pseudocereal, dicot, economically significant, and

Buckwheat (Fagopyrum sp.) is a commercially important cash crop, a member of the Polygonaceae family and order Caryophyllales.It is a pseudocereal 1 , dicot, nutraceutical plant.It is also a functional food. 2 The genus Fagopyrum has 18 species, including the two domesticated species Fagopyrum esculentum and F. tartaricum. 3he major cultivable varieties in India and in the Himalayan, region is Fagopyrum esculentum (sweet buckwheat) and Fagopyrum tartaricum Gaertn.(Bitter buckwheat).It is a common crop in Central and Eastern Europe and in Asia. 4 The entire parts of the buckwheat plant have medicinal significance and are used locally in traditional healthcare to treat a variety of alignments (diseases).Its leaf is used as vegetable, soup, medicine, and beverage.Grain hulls are used to stuff pillows, and the blooms, are a good source of nectar for honey.Straw is good fodder for animals.In tartary, rutin levels were found up to five times greater than in normal buckwheat. 5Buckwheat grains typically have a protein concentration of 12-19% and higher lysine content. 6The longchain fatty acids, which constitute a crucial source of dietary energy is found in buckwheat. 5t has also the highest quantities of Se, Zn, Fe, Co, and Ni. 6 Additionally, the phytoremediation of mercury, aluminium toxicity, and other heavy metals is a possible benefit of buckwheat. 2The tartary buckwheat also has unique qualities like self-pollination, frost resistance, and high rutin concentration which is absent in common buckwheat.Tissue culture techniques along with the genetic manipulation techniques could help in integrating the desired features of tartary buckwheat to common buckwheat.
The aim of the current research is to create a highly effective technique for indirect organogenesis and establishment of complete plant from leaves of tartary buckwheat.This plant regeneration system for tartary buckwheat could be useful for potential use in cell selection and genetic modification.The hormone dosage that produces the best results for callus induction, shoot and root induction are also determined.

MATERIAL AND METHODS
The mature seeds of Fagopyrum tartaricum were obtained from Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC), Lalitpur, Nepal.These were used for further investigation.The mature seeds of Fagopyrum tartaricum were surface sterilized in the running tap water for 10 minutes and were then washed with Tween 20 solution.Seeds were then washed with double distilled (DD) water.Further, the seeds were washed for 2 minutes each using 0.1% (w/v) HgCl 2 and 70% ethanol.After each wash, the seeds were twice rinsed in sterile distilled water to eliminate any remaining traces of HgCl 2 and ethanol.The sterilized seeds were allowed to air dry in the laminar airflow chamber for about 20 minutes.The dried seeds were inoculated on the MS medium with pH between 5.7-5.8 and 30 gm L -1 of Sucrose.The inoculated seeds were allowed to grow under controlled day/night environment.The temperature was kept constant at 25±2 °C with a 16/8 h (light/dark) photoperiod.
For callus induction, the leaves of seedlings that were two weeks old were used as explants.The MS basal medium was added with Plant Growth Regulators (PGR) of different concentrations of dichlorophenoxy acetic acid (0.5 -4.0 mg L -1 ), and 6-Benzylaminopurine (0.0 -0.2 mg L -1 ).The pH was maintained between 5.7-5.8.The explants were inoculated under controlled environment and were kept in a 16/8 h (light/dark) photoperiod at a temperature of 25±2 °C.
The regenerated shoots were for rooting on MS Medium.The MS medium was added with indole-3-butyric acid (0.25 to 4.00 mg L -1 ) and   Naphthalene acetic acid (0.25 to 4.00 mg L -1 ) for regeneration of Callus.The plantlets were transferred into perforated plastic cups containing potting mix (having garden soil, coarse sand, and vermiculite in 1: 1: 1 ratio) and were nurtured with reduced MS medium without sucrose.Then the plantlets were transferred to the greenhouse for further hardening.For continued growth, the hardened plantlets were moved to the field area.
The experiments were laid out according to completely randomised block design; Each experiment consisted of three repetitions and each consisted of 25 cultures.The means were compared using Duncan's new multiple range test (DMRT) at p <0.0531in order to assess the significance of differences between treatment means.Both ANOVA and DMRT analysis were carried out using the SPSS v.20.0 (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, SPSS)

RESULTS
After two weeks of incubation on media containing growth regulators, leaf explants developed calluses that varied in colour and appearance (Fig1).The majority of them Friable, yellow 90.67% (Table 1) while being compact, not embryonic.Some of them had a more noticeable yellowish tint compact 76.33%.There were others compact and greenish yellow 69.33%.Still  2), while there was significant decline on the higher concentration of BAP and NAA thereafter Shoots of 5-6 cm were cultured on full strength MS medium supplemented with 0.25 -4.0 mg L -1 of IBA and 0.25 -4.0 mg L -1 of NAA (table 3).IBA at 3.0 mg L -1 shows the optimum for rooting (Table -3 3).

DISCUSSION
The Organogenic callus was successfully induced on the leaf explant of tartary buckwheat using the combinations of Auxins and Cytokinin in various combinations.Optimal callus development was observed at 2 mg L -1 of 2,4-D and 0.1 mg L -1 BAP (  10 .
Analysis of variance revealed that frequency of responding explants, mean shoot numbers and mean shoot length were adversely impacted by the auxin concentration.The percentage of explants showing shoot proliferation improved with the increasing concentration of NAA up to 0.5 mg L -1 , beyond which there was a progressive decline.
The concentration of Auxin that supported the maximum shoot proliferation also produced the longest average shoot length for that cytokinin.These outcomes concur with the previous ones with Rashid et al, (2009) 12 , Lee et al., (2009) 13 , Woo et al., (2000) 8 .The quantity of shoots varied between 2.88 to 35.2 per callus explants (Table 2).The average shoot length was 4.38 cm (Fig 3).The length of shoots ranged from 0.44 to 3.41 cm (Fig 4) The number of roots ranging from 2.92 to a maximum of 6.84 roots per plant observed (Fig 5).The length of the roots varied from 1.77 to 11.59 cm (Fig 6).This is agreement with the results of Saraswat & Kumar (2019) 7 .

CONCLUSION
In closing, this paper presents a successful procedure for high frequency plant regeneration from leaf explant.Callus induction was optimum with 2 mg L -1 of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid (2,4-D) and 0.1 mg L -1 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP).2,4-D alone could not induce callus formation.But in combination with cytokinin produced results.This plant regeneration system of tartary buckwheat could be useful for future application of genetic transformation.

Fig. 6 .
Fig. 6.Plant growth regulators' effects of IBA & NAA on the length of roots formed in Fagopyrum tartaricum

Table 1 .
The results of various PGRs on the production of callus from leaf of Fagopyrum tataricum, 4 weeks after culture B brown, F friable, Y yellow, C compact, Cr cream, G green, W white, GW greenish white GB greenish brown, GY greenish yellow

Table 2 .
The results of different PGRs on the induction of shots callus and shoot length of Fagopyrum tataricum, after 4 weeks of culture

Table 3 .
Effect of different PGRs on root induction and root length in Fagopyrum tataricum, after 4 weeks of culture