Induction of shoot buds, multiplication and plantlet formation in seedling explants of bell pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) cv. Bryza in vitro

Abstract

In vitro shoot bud induction and multiplication as well as plantlets formation from different parts of 21-d old seedlings (shoot tip, cotyledonary node, distal part of cotyledon, acropetal section of hypocotyl) of <em>Capsicum annuum</em> L., cv. Bryza were compared. During 4 weeks of primary explant culture on initiation media, first shoot bud primordia appeared; they reminded leaf primordia and subsequently some of them underwent enlargement, some developed into leaves and leaf-like structures (mainly on cotyledon explants). The highest number of shoot bud primordia was noted on cotyledonary node explants, but they were smaller than those on the remaining types of the explants. The best response of shoot regeneration showed cotyledon explants on which most of shoot buds were formed in each from four treated passages. From shoot buds on elongation media after 4 weeks of culture rooted rosettes of leaves were achieved, and the extension of the culture time to eight weeks without subculture caused that the rosettes developed into plantlets. Throughout four successive passages plantlets were obtained from cotyledon and shoot tip explants.