Light quality and sealing type affect in vitro growth and development of Capsicum frutescens cultivars

Autor: TAINARA GRIS, MARCOS V.M. PINHEIRO, LEONARDO A. THIESEN, ANDERSON R. WEBLER, DIÉSSICA L. JUNGES, EVANDRO HOLZ, IURI NAIBO, DIEGO S. BATISTA, WAGNER C. OTONI, DENISE SCHMIDT
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, Vol 93, Iss 3 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1678-2690
0001-3765
DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765202120190061
Popis: Abstract The aim of this work was to evaluate the effect of five light qualities [fluorescent lamps (FL); white (WL), red (RL), blue (BL), or red/blue LEDs (RBL)] and two types of flask sealing (with or without porous membranes) in the in vitro germination and growth of two Capsicum frutescens cultivars (Espaguetinho and Cayenne). For this, two seeds were inoculated per flask (350 mL) containing 50 mL of MS medium with 100 mg L-1 myo-inositol, 30 g L-1 sucrose, 6.0 g L-1 agar, and pH 5.8 ± 0.1. The plants were kept under culture room conditions (16-h photoperiod, 25 ± 2°C and irradiance of 40 μmol m-2 s-1). The experiment was arranged in CRD, 2x5x2 factorial scheme (Cultivar X Light qualities X Sealing type). At 42 days, the following traits were evaluated: percentage of germination; root and shoot length; number of green leaves, senescent leaves and nodal segments; and fresh and dry weight. Plants grown under RL and BRL, showed greater number of green leaves, and longer shoots and roots. The use of porous membranes remarkably reduced the number of senescent leaves. Thus, the use of porous membranes, RL and BRL are recommended since they improve growth and development of pepper in vitro.
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