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Phytoregulators and lightness in the induction of calli in leaves explants of Eugenia involucrata DC.

Abstract

Eugenia involucrata is a native forest species from Brazil with great potential for timber, fruit and medical purpouses. This study aimed to evaluate the influence of growth regulators and the effect of light on calli induction from leaves disks of Eugenia involucrata. A bifactorial experiment (2x5) was conducted, in which the treatments consisted in the combinations of absence or presence of light during cultivation and five different uses of phytoregulators: NAA, 2,4-D, BAP and combinations of NAA and BAP, 2,4-D and BAP, all at 5 μM, in the nutritious medium MS. After 45 days of in vitro cultivation, it was observed that the absence of light during the cultivation period reduced phenolic oxidation, thus stimulated calogenesis, mainly in the presence of ANA and the combinations NAA + BAP and 2,4-D + BAP. The use of 2,4-D and BAP, on isolated way, did not favor calli formation in leaves disks of Eugenia involucrata.

Keywords:
Calli culture; Tissue culture; Myrtaceae

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