Substrates for <em>Dendrobium nobile</em> Lindl (Orchidaceae) <em>in vitro</em> seedling acclimatization

  • Luciano Marcio de Moraes UEL
  • Luiz Carlos Dias Cavalcante UEL
  • Ricardo Tadeu de Faria UEL

Abstract

Substrates for plant development of Dendrobium nobile Lindl. (Orchidaceae) orchid seedlings were assessed during the acclimatization phase. The seedlings were transplanted immediately after being removed from flasks where they had been sown in vitro. Five substrates were used, which made the treatments: T1: de-fibered fern; T2: vermiculite + carbonized rice husk (1:1); T3: vermiculite; T4: vermiculite + plantmax (2:1); and T5: plantmax + charcoal + ground extruded polystyrene (1:1:1). The survival rate (TS), canopy (PA) and root size (CR) pseudo-bulb diameter (DB) total fresh weight (PF) number of sprouts (NB) and roots (NR) were assessed. The survival rate was not influenced by the treatments. The mean tests showed that there was greater development in the plants in the T1 treatment but the T4 and T5 treatments also gave good results regarding the PA, PF and NR variables

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Author Biography

Ricardo Tadeu de Faria, UEL
Possui graduação em Agronomia pela Faculdade de Agronomia e Zootecnia Manoel Carlos Gonçalves (1987) , mestrado em Genética e Biologia Molecular pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (1992) , doutorado em Genética e Biologia Molecular pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (1998) e pos-doutorado pela Universidade de La Laguna (2003) . Atualmente é Associado A da Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Revisor de periódico da Acta Scientiarum (UEM), Revisor de periódico da Semina Ciência Agrária, Revisor de periódico da Revista Brasileira de Horticultura Ornamental, Revisor de periódico da Horticultura Brasileira, Revisor de periódico da Magistra, Revisor de periódico da Magistra, Revisor de periódico da Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology e Revisor de periódico da Ciência e Agrotecnologia. Tem experiência na área de Agronomia , com ênfase em Floricultura, Parques e Jardins Currículo Lattes
Published
2008-04-30
How to Cite
de Moraes, L. M., Dias Cavalcante, L. C., & Faria, R. T. de. (2008). Substrates for <em>Dendrobium nobile</em> Lindl (Orchidaceae) <em>in vitro</em&gt; seedling acclimatization. Acta Scientiarum. Agronomy, 24, 1397-1400. https://doi.org/10.4025/actasciagron.v24i0.2429
Section
Agronomy

 

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