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Direct (one step) method.
In one step method, the leaf segments are incubated overnight (15-18th) with enzyme mixture at 25°C and teased gently to liberate the protoplasts.
The mixture is filtered through a fine wire gauze to remove leaf debris, transferred to 13 × 1000 mm screw capped tubes and centrifuged at 100g for 1 min.
The protoplasts form a pellet and supernatant removed.
The process is repeated three times and protoplasts washed with 13% Sorbitol solution, which is later replaced by 20% sucrose solution.
The protoplasts suspension is centrifuged at a speed of 200g for 1 min.
The cleaned protoplasts, which will now float (debris settles down), can be pipetted out and bulked.
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