Acclimatization of micropropagated seedlings of pineapple cultivars on organic substrates

Abstract

Fusariosis constitutes an important hindrance to pineapple farming in Brazil. The cultivars resistant to fusariosis, 'Vitória' and 'Imperial', from in vitro culture, are an alternative for crop management. This work evaluates the vegetative performance of pineapple cultivars propagated by tissue culture in response to the use of organic substrates, different in nature and proportion. The experimental design was a completely randomized block, arranged in a 3×5 factorial scheme, with three pineapple cultivars (

Growth of pineapple plantlets during acclimatisation can be monitored through automated image analysis of the canopy

“…To address this problem, alternative propagation methods have been investigated. In this regard, micropropagation techniques in tissue culture have been considered to rapidly multiply superior genotypes under controlled conditions in the laboratory (5,(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12). The final stage of micropropagation, i.e.…”