This experiment was installed aiming to evaluate the plant rejuvenation capacity of rabbiteye blueberry seedlings cultivar Climax by using micropropagation technique. The treatments consisted of two cytokinin types (zeatin and 2iP), in four concentrations (0; 2.5; 5.0 and 7.5 mg.L-1) and two sources of explants (micropropagated plants and plants from in vitro seeds germination). The experiment was carried out in a 2x4x2 factorial arranged in a randomized complete design. After 60 days from experiment installation it was assessed the shoots average number and shoots average length, buds average number and the multiplication rate. In conclusion, the present results suggest that the micropropagated rabbiteye blueberry plants in the presence of cytokinin and submitted at successive cuttings showed a high in vitro rejuvenation ability of the adult material, which might be compared to the plants germinated in vitro, in the capacity of emitting new shoots as well as in the buds number and multiplication rate.
In vitro Multiplication; Cytokinin; Vaccinium ashei; Ericaceae
