Sour orange bud regeneration and in vitro plant development related to culture medium composition and explant type

In order to evaluate the formation of adventitious buds and in vitro regeneration of sour orange plants (Citrus aurantium L.) two organogenesis-inducing experiments were conducted. In the first experiment, the induction and in vitro regeneration of adventitious buds were tested on epicotyl and internodal segments under the influence of BAP or KIN associated with NAA. The second experiment evaluated the in vitro regeneration of sour orange plants related to different explant types (epicotyls segments, internodal segments of in vitro germinated plantlets and internodal segments of greenhouse cultivated plants). Data collected on both experiments included the percentage of responsive explants (explants that formed buds), and the number of buds per explant. The addition of BAP showed the best organogenic response. In vitro germinated epicotyl segments and internodal segments are recommended as explants for sour orange in vitro organogenesis. Rooting of regenerated shoots was achieved without the need of auxin in the medium.

Residual effect of growth regulators in etiolation and regeneration of in vitro pineapple plants

This work aimed to evaluate the influence of naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA) and gibberellic acid (GA3) plant regulators in in vitro etiolation and subsequent regeneration of the PE x SC-60 pineapple hybrid. Nodal segments of in vitro plants with approximately 5-7 cm height were incubated in basic MS culture medium supplemented with 0.0; 0.5 and 1.0 mg L-1 of naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA) in combination with gibberellic acid (GA3) in concentrations of 0.0; 0.5 and 1.0 mg L-1, and maintained at 27 ºC under dark condition. Evaluations were carried out at 90 and 180 days after incubation period. The best results for length of etiolated stems were obtained with 1.0 mg L-1 of NAA. In the experiment followed by the regeneration, stems with 3 cm from the etiolation treatment, were cultivated in proliferation medium and the number of regenerated plants per treatment was evaluated at 60 days of cultivation. The treatment that promoted the best etiolation of plants also promoted the worst regeneration rates, demonstrating the residual effect of the auxin used in the previous step in the regeneration of plants of the pineapple hybrid evaluated.

Indução de multibrotação in vitro em videira cv. Bordô

A micropropagação possibilita a propagação massal e pode contribuir para atender à demanda de plantas-matrizes e mudas de qualidade genética e sanitária comprovadas de videira. Diferentes meios de cultura, acrescidos ou não de reguladores vegetais, tem sido usado com freqüência para auxiliar na indução de brotações. O trabalho teve por objetivo avaliar os meios de cultura MS e GZ completo ou com metade da concentração de sais acrescidos de BAP para indução de multibrotação em videira da cv. Bordô. O experimento foi realizado em delineamento inteiramente casualizado, em esquema fatorial 4 x 4, com quatro meios de cultura (MS, MS/2, GZ, GZ/2) e quatro concentrações de BAP (0; 2,5; 5 e 10 μM), com quatro repetições. Avaliaram-se aos 30 dias o número de brotos por micro-estaca, número de novas microestacas por broto, número de folhas por broto, comprimento médio dos brotos, número de raízes por microestaca e comprimento da raiz principal. O meio de cultura mais eficiente para indução de multibrotação em videira cv. Bordô e o desenvolvimento da parte aérea é o meio MS acrescido de 2,5 μM de BAP.