Biologia plantarum 50:433-436, 2006 | DOI: 10.1007/s10535-006-0063-8

Propagation of Ficus carica L. clones by in vitro culture

S. Hepaksoy1,*, U. Aksoy1
1 Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey

This experiment is designed to determine the most suitable conditions and media for propagating three selected fig (Ficus carica L.) clones through tissue culture. The clone 37 displayed a higher performance than clones 50 and 82. As the multiplication medium, the Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium containing 1 mg dm-3 α-indole-3-butyric acid (IBA), 1 mg dm-3 gibberellic acid and 5 mg dm-3 6-benzyladenine were the best, whereas, MS medium complemented with 1.2 and 2.5 μM IBA or 1-naphthalene acetic acid (NAA) were better in respect to rooting. Peat followed by volcanic tuff gave the best performance for acclimatization to outdoor conditions.

Keywords: fig; micropropagation; shoot tip
Subjects: auxins; cytokinins; Ficus carica; fig; gibberellic acid, gibberellins; nutrient medium, Murashige and Skoog; shoot tip

Received: September 23, 2004; Accepted: August 29, 2005; Published: September 1, 2006Show citation

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Hepaksoy, S., & Aksoy, U. (2006). Propagation of Ficus carica L. clones by in vitro culture. Biologia plantarum, 50(3), 433-436. doi: 10.1007/s10535-006-0063-8.
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