The objective of this research was to evaluate the effect of the light regimen submitted to the donors-plant and the branch type used in the in vitro establishment of the araçazeiro, cultivar Irapuã. The culture medium used was MS added of 5µM of BAP. Nodal segments removed from herbaceous and semi-woody branches containing one bud of plants maintained in the darkness during 15 days and plants maintained in light were inoculated in test tube containing 10mL of culture medium. After inoculation, the explants were subjected to the dark room for seven days at temperature of 25 ± 2°C and then transferred to a growth room in a 16 - hour photoperiod, 27µmolm-2s-1 radiation and at 25 ± 2°C. At the 7th, 14th and 21st days of cultivation, the fungical and bacterial contamination and explant oxidation percentages were evaluated. At the 30th and 45th days of cultivation, besides variables previously analyzed, the survival rate and establishment of explants were evaluated. In coclusion, herbaceous branches presente lower fungical and bacterial contamination rates and higher survival rates of explants when donors-plants were maintained in the dark.
Myrtaceae; Psidium; micropropagation; estiolation
