Micropropagation of small fruits such as blackberry has been employed due to the need to obtain plants with high phytosanitary quality. Bioreactor technology has been used to improve efficiency in seedling production. Thus, the objective of this work was to evaluate the best culture medium volume and sucrose concentration for blackberry micropropagation in a temporary immersion bioreactor. In vitro blackberry shoots were segmented containing two buds and an internode (1.0 cm) and placed into MS medium supplemented with inositol (0.1 g L-1), BAP (1 mg L-1) and sucrose (10, 20, 30 or 40 g L-1) at different medium volumes (150, 175 and 200 mL). The total length, number of leaves, number of shoots, and number of hyperhydric shoots were evaluated 56 days after start of the project. For blackberry development and propagation in a bioreactor system, the best results were shown at a medium volume of 175 ml and a sucrose concentration of 20 g L-1.
The aim was to determine the ideal concentration of sucrose along with the number of plants per container in the face of micropropagation of blueberry under TIS. In the experiment conducted with sucrose concentration (0, 10, 20, e 30 g L-1), we utilized a WPM medium, taking into account 30 explants per container. For the experiment dealing with blueberry plant density, the same medium with 20 g L-1 of sucrose in conjunction with 30, 40, 50 and 60 explants per container was used. After 90 days from the installation of the trial, the following response variables were assessed herein: total length of the plant, number of shoots, length of the largest shoot, number of hyperhydric shoots, length of hyperhydric shoots, and number of healthy leaves. Under a sucrose concentration corresponding to 20 g L-1 the best possible results were obtained. Survival rates of 22 and 80% under the influence of both 10 and 20 g L-1 treatments were reported, pointing out that plants exposed to 20 g L-1 treatment were more amenable to acclimatization. Thus, for the micropropagation of blueberry under TIS the use of 20 g L-1 sucrose and 60 plants/container comes to being highly recommended to increase yield.
Knowing the physiology of seeds and the elements that influence their germination is fundamental aspects in seminiferous propagation; important techniques are used to obtain genetic variability and development of new cultivars of blueberry. The aim of this study is to evaluate the germination behavior, as well as viability levels, through germination tests and tetrazolium, of Vaccinium ashei Reade seed cultivars Briteblue and Climax. Seeds treated or not with 5 M potassium hydroxide (KOH) were submitted to the germination test, on substrates, filter paper (SP) or solid culture medium with half of the salt concentration (MS/2), at temperatures of 10˚C ± 2˚C or 25˚C ± 2˚C. The maximum germination percentage of blueberry seeds was 40%. Both temperatures and substrates caused seed germination in the tested cultivars, and pretreatment with 5 M KOH for 5 minutes inhibited germination. Yet, the tetrazolium test, based on coloration of tissue, allowed the establishment of different levels of viability.
Boron (B) is essential for plants metabolism and most culture mediums use the same concentration, but in different quantities this nutrient may provoke growth alterations. Thus, the purpose of this study was to examine the effect of B on in vitro growth of blueberry in three experiments. The first experiment of multiplication (evaluated at 90 days) used 3 concentrations of 2-isopentenyladenine-2iP with 4 concentrations of boric acid-BA (factorial scheme 3x4). The second used 4 concentrations of BA and 1 concentration of 2iP and the third (rooting) used 4 concentrations of BA and 1 concentration of indolbutyric acid-IBA both evaluated at 180 days (unifactorial scheme). All the experiments had 4 replicates with explants. 6.2 mg L-1 of B and 5.0 mg L-1 of 2iP generated the highest shoot quantity (18.4, 25.5 respectively). From the interaction of these concentrations, there was the highest activity of POD and PPO enzymes. Under B deficit was seen a larger number of shoot-tip necrosis (9), red leaves (31) and high activity of the PAL, IAAO and POD enzymes. With IBA the correlation between IAAO and the roots’ growth was positive, showing that blueberry rooting depends of both B and IAAO regulation.
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