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- Author or Editor: Rosilene França x
This work was carried out in the Tissue Culture Laboratory of Embrapa Temperate Climate aiming to maximize the protocol for in vitro culture of potato cv. Baronesa. The treatments consisted of multiplication of microcuttings with one, two, or three buds with/without leaves and originated from different regions of the shoot: apical, middle, or basal. Each treatment was repeated five times with each replication composed of five explants that were inoculated in 250-ml flasks with 40 ml of the medium containing MS salts and vitamins added to: sucrose (30 g·L-1), myo-inositol (100 mg·L-1), agar (6 g·L-1). The pH was adjusted to 5.6 before autoclaving. After inoculation, the flasks remained in a growth room at 25 ± 2 °C, 16-h photoperiod, and 19 μmol·m-2·s-1 light intensity provided by cool-white fluorescents lamps. Observations were done every 5 days. Final evaluation was performed after 30 days. It was observed that basal microcuttings provided longer shoots and that microcuttings with leaves bore the best ones. This kind of explant also favored a higher number of shoots, axilary buds, and better multiplication rate. The presence of leaves in the microcutting is important when basal explants are used once it can improve the number of axillary buds and the rate of multiplication. The higher the number of buds in the microcutting the lower the rate of multiplication. The in vitro multiplication of potato could be improved by using one-leaf bud basal microcutting.
The aim of this work was to evaluate the effect of sucrose on the in vitro muliplication of potato, cultivars Baronesa, Macaca, and Cristal. The nutrient medium used was the MS basal salts and vitamins added to 100 mg·L-1 myo-inositol. Four sucrose concentrations (20, 30, 40, and 50 g·L-1) were tested. The pH was adjusted to 5.9 before autoclaving. Each treatment had 15 explants, which were collected from the lower part of the shoot containing two buds. This material was inoculated in a 250-mL flask with 40 mL of nutrient medium. After inoculation the flasks were kept in a growth room under 25 ± 2 °C, 16-h photoperiod, and 19 μMol·m-2·s-1 radiation provided by cool-white fluorescent lamps for 30 days. This trial was designed in a randomized block with three replicates. Every 7 days, the parameters were collected as follows: number of buds, shoot length and number of shoots. It was observed that `Baronesa' presented the highest number of buds and rate of multiplication. `Cristal' had a slightly better performance for these parameters. Plants treated with sucrose at 50 g·L-1 led to a higher number of shoots. However, `Macaca' treated with sucrose at 40 g·L-1 had the highest shoot length.