The invention introduces an effective inductive cultivation method for an autotetraploid of
paulownia catalpifolia by using leaves of a diplontic
paulownia catalpifolia
tissue culture seedling. The method comprises: pre-cultivating the leaves of
paulownia catalpifolia for 6 days, wherein the concentration of added
colchicine is 30 mg / L, the concentration of
dimethyl sulfoxide is 2%, and the soaking time is 48 hours; performing shake cultivation, wherein the induction rate of the tetraploid paulownia catalpifolia reaches 14.5%; detecting that the
chromosome number of
root tip cells of variant plants of paulownia catalpifolia is 80 by virtue of a
chromosome counting method, wherein the
chromosome number is two times of that of the corresponding diplontic paulownia catalpifolia; and detecting that the unicellular
DNA content of the tetraploid leaves of the paulownia catalpifolia are two times of those of the corresponding diplontic paulownia catalpifolia by using a flow cytometer, showing that a tetraploid paulownia catalpifolia
plant is obtained. The cultivation method for inducing autotetraploid of paulownia catalpifolia by
colchicine disclosed by the invention has the advantages of being wide in material drawing, simple and convenient to operate, low in cost, high in induction rate and the like, and is of certain guiding significance for woody plants, the tetraploid of which is not easily obtained.