In Brazil the lack of well adapted rootstocks in the Peach industry, mainly of clonal origin, forces the selection of new varieties and the use of tissue culture techniques for the mass clonal propagation. In the present work it was evaluated the in vitro multiplication potential of "Carelli" rootstock in response to different levels of BA. Nodal segments (0.5 cm length) were inoculated in test tubes containing 20 ml of Lepoivre culture medium supplemented with 0.0; 0.5; 1.0; 2.0 and 4.0 mg.L-1 BA. This nodal segments were originated from in vitro pre-established plants after two subcultures in Lepoivre culture medium supplemented with 0.5 mg.L-1 BA. Evaluations done after 21 days in culture showed that the different levels of BA resulted in values statistically similar for the multiplication rate and length of regenerated shoots. The values for multiplication rate ranged from 3.3 to 3.4 shoots/explant. The treatment control did not result in multiple shoots but showed shoots with the highest lengh (16.2 mm). BA significativelly affected the length of shoots and the increase in its levels reduced the shoot lengh. BA levels higher than 1.0 mg.L-1 reduced the shoot length and promoted vitrification. BA in the level of 0.5 mg.L-1 resulted in the induction of 3.3 shoots/explant with means values of 11.0 mm in length in adequate conditions for rooting.
Peach; micropropagation; stocks
