Byrsonima intermedia A. Juss is a shrub of cerrado whose husk presents medicinal activities in diarrheas and dysenteries. The Byrsonima genus present low germination rate and slow plantlet emergency which makes difficult sexual propagation. The objective of this work was to obtain friable callus in leaf explants for future studies with suspension cells and secondary metabolites as well as somatic embryogenesis. The effect of different concentrations of 2,4-D and its interaction with TDZ and BAP in callus formation was evaluated. The results demonstrated that there is no formation of callus in leaf explants maintained in absence of 2,4-D. The addition of TDZ or BAP had no influence in the calogenesis process. For callus induction and proliferation, the results suggest the use of MS medium supplemented with 1.0 mg L-1 2,4-D maintaining the explants in the dark.
Murici-pequeno; calogenesis; phytohormones
