Plant Regeneration from Hypocotyl of `King's Choice' Elm

Seeds of Chinese elm cultivar King's Choice were collected from field-grown plants and germinated aseptically. Hypocotyl segments were excised from 2-week-old seedlings and cultured on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with TDZ alone or in combination with 0.05 mg/L NAA. At least 50% of explants produced shoots 4 weeks after culture initiation. At thidiazuron (TDZ) from 0.05 to 5.0 mg/L, the number of shoots/explant increased as concentration increased. Addition of 0.05 mg/L NAA stimulated shoot regeneration when TDZ concentration was 0.5 mg/L or less, but suppressed it if TDZ concentration was higher than 0.5 mg/L. Regenerated shoots elongated quickly on MS medium supplemented with 1 mg/L gibberellic acid and initiated rooting on MS medium containing 0.1 mg/L indole-3-butyric acid.