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ANNALS OF APPLIED BIOLOGY
Volume 137, Issue 1, Pages 73-78Publisher
ASSOC APPLIED BIOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2000.tb00059.x
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tissue culture; blueberry; Vaccinium corymbosum; blackberry; Rubus sp.; raspberry; Rubus idaeus; disease-free plants
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Plant micropropagation of blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L. cv. Berkeley), blackberry (Rubus sp. cv. Smoothstem) and raspberry (Rubus idaeus L, cv. Gradina) was carried out from nodal segments of adult field-grown plants. Hardwood and softwood cuttings were studied as explant sources. The cultures successfully established were softwood from all three species, and hardwood only from blueberry. Shoot-bud establishment from blueberry was achieved by culturing explants in WPM salts with MS vitamins for 15 days, and then 30 days in the same medium with 18 mM Zeatin. The best results of multiplication were obtained in the same medium with 25 mM 2iP. For blackberry, shoot-bud establishment was achieved by culturing explants in MS medium for 15 days, and then in the same medium with 4 mM BA and 0.25 mM IBA. This medium was also the best for blackberry multiplication. Raspberry explants (cvs Gradina and Willamette) were cultured in MS medium for 15 days and then transferred to MS medium supplemented with 4 mum BA and 0.25 mM IBA. After 30 days of culture, only 'Gradina' explants survived, from which shoot-bud establishment was obtained in a modified MS medium (Anderson's macronutrients except calcium, with Sequestrene as the iron source) with the same growth regulators. Multiplication was achieved by subculturing explants in the same medium either with 4 mM BA plus 0.25 mM IBA or with 8 mM BA plus 0.25 mM IBA. Shoots of at least 1 cm in length from all species were rooted ex vitro in a mixture of peat and Perlite (1:1, v/v) in a mist chamber, and 100% of rooting plants were acclimated. Bacterial, fungal and viral diseases were detected in stock plants, while tests carried out in both shoots and regenerated plants revealed the absence of any kind of disease.
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