Five hormonal combinations were evaluated on the in vitro multiplication of pineapple hybrid PExSC-52 and cultivar Smooth Cayenne. After sterilization, axillary buds were inoculated in medium MS with benzilaminopurine (BAP) 2 mg/L, BAP 2 mg/L + naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA) 2 mg/L, kinetin (KIN) 2 mg/L, KIN 2 mg/L + NAA 2 mg/L and KIN 5 mg/L + indolebutyric acid (IAA) 5 mg/L. The hybrid BAP 2 mg/L provided the greatest proliferation of shoots per explant per subculture and increasing multiplication rate up to the fourth subculture. BAP 2 mg/L + NAA 2 mg/L multiplied best the 'Smooth Cayenne'. Shoot proliferation practically did not occur up to the fourth subculture when KIN was used as cytokinin. The pineapple hybrid shoots from the fourth subculture in medium with BAP 2 mg/L and BAP 2 mg/L + NAA 2 mg/L were put to root in MS medium with NAA 1 mg/L, NAA 1 mg/L + KIN 2 mg/L, NAA 0,5 mg/L + KIN 2 mg/L, KIN 2 mg/L and growth-regulator-free medium. Shoots which multiplied in BAP had better rooting than those multiplied in NAA + BAP.
Ananas comosus; in vitro culture; multiplication rate; growth regulators
