biostudies-literatureUnknown13Chen XBasic Public Welfare Research Program of Zhejiang ProvinceNational Key Research and Development Program of ChinaPeony is an excellent ornamental, medicinal, and oily plant. Its traditional seed propagation methods have the disadvantages of low propagation coefficient, long seedling cycle, and low seedling emergence rate, which severely restrict the supply of seedlings for the peony industry. Efficient tissue culture technology is an important basis for accelerating its breeding and reproduction, and <i>in vitro</i> seed embryo culturing into seedlings can also effectively avoid the above problems. However, the browning phenomenon caused by man-made damage in the process of seed embryo stripping leads to problems such as low induction rate and difficulty in rooting, and the relationship between anti-browning agents and seed embryo root formation is still unclear. This study intends to improve the indFrontiers in plant science832619https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8979295biostudies-literatureThe Effect of Anti-browning Agent Activated Carbon and Polyvinyl Pyrrolidone on the Rooting of Embryo Seedlings of "FengDan" and Its Transcriptome Analysis.PMC8979295Yang HYu CJi WJin SNie JZhu HZhu XChen XXu GfalseThe Effect of Anti-browning Agent Activated Carbon and Polyvinyl Pyrrolidone on the Rooting of Embryo Seedlings of "FengDan" and Its Transcriptome Analysis.Peony is an excellent ornamental, medicinal, and oily plant. Its traditional seed propagation methods have the disadvantages of low propagation coefficient, long seedling cycle, and low seedling emergence rate, which severely restrict the supply of seedlings for the peony industry. Efficient tissue culture technology is an important basis for accelerating its breeding and reproduction, and <i>in vitro</i> seed embryo culturing into seedlings can also effectively avoid the above problems. However, the browning phenomenon caused by man-made damage in the process of seed embryo stripping leads to problems such as low induction rate and difficulty in rooting, and the relationship between anti-browning agents and seed embryo root formation is still unclear. This study intends to improve the ind2022-01-01T00:00:00Z20222026-05-31T18:02:48.459Z2025-04-05T22:20:59.887ZS-EPMC89792953538667810.3389/fpls.2022.832619