A callus study of different explants of the medicinal Myrtle plant (Myrtus communis )

The pharmaceuticals plant (Myrtus communis L.)  is one of the most important medicinal plant species that consist of around 50 species of the Mediterranean basin. This plant is a perennial flowering shrubs or a small tree. The propagation of this plant is associated with certain difficulties due to its rigid crust. The low percentage of cuttings is one of the major limitations of cuttings approach propagation. The callogenesis is one of the important processes in molecular farming. For start of research the seeds were obtained from Zanjan University's Research Institute of Modern Biological Techniques. In this study, the effect of different concentrations of growth regulator 2 and 4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) at four levels on three types of leaf explants, shoots and roots. A factorial experiment based on a completely randomized design with three replications was studied on the Murashige - Skoog medium (MS). The onset of callus formation was observed after about one month. The color of calluses was often white to brown and red. The results showed that callus formation was higher in leaf explants by 90% compared to the other explants and the lowest percentage of callus belonged to root explants. Also, the relative amount of callus formation at leaf concentration of 1 mg / L was higher than other treatments but no significant differences were observed at hormonal levels of 1 and 2 mg / L 2,4-D. Due to the limited scientific reports on the tissue culture of this plant worldwide, and based on the available scientific reports available, the results of this study have been investigated on Iranian varieties as a first report.