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Table 4 Percentages of total embryogenic explants (E, %) and embryogenic explants obtained via direct embryogenesis (DE, %) after two (T2), three (T3), and four (T4) months of culture, and their average. Starting explants consist of 100 seeds distributed a rate of 10 seeds per Petri dish

From: Somatic embryogenesis from seeds in a broad range of Vitis vinifera L. varieties: rescue of true-to-type virus-free plants

Cultivar

T2

T3

T4

Average

E

DE

E

DE

E

DE

E

DE

Cabernet Franc

60.00 b

57.78c

68.89b

63.33b

73.33c

61.11c

67.40b

60.74d

Godello

55.00c

11.00a

77.00c

11.00a

70.00c

9.00a

67.33b

10.33b

Merlot

54.44b

41.11b

53.33b

51.11b

54.44b

40.00b

54.07b

44.07c

Valencí Blanc

13.00a

2.00a

17.00a

1.00a

29.00a

5.00a

19.67a

2.67a

  1. Different lower case letters within a column were significantly different (P value < 0.05)
  2. In bold mother plants and SE plants with the same SSR profile than the mother plant