EMBRYO CULTURE OF HASANBEY APRICOT CV.

Embryos of Hasanbey apricot cv. from Erzincan provinces were cultured on MS media containing 0.0, 0.1, 1.0, and 2.0 mg/l BA and 0.0 and 0.1 mg/l NAA with 15 day intervals starting from the 30^th day after full blossoming.
Germination percentages and embryo growth were determined.

Embryos taken on the 30^th day at anthesis achieved 11.11% germination on MS media free of hormones whereas full germination was recorded on media containing 1.0+0.0, 1.0+0.1, 2.0+0.0, and 2.0+0.1 mg/l BA+NAA.

At later stages, germination increased in media free of hormones, but decreased on hormon treated media.
On the 90^th day 89.89% germination was recorded on hormon free media while 22.22% germination occurred in media with 2.0+0.1 mg/l BA+NAA. The data suggest that hormones and the stage of the embryos were of importance to germination.

XI International Symposium on Apricot Culture

A. Esitken, M. Güleryüz, S. Ercisli

Apricot, in vitro, embryo culture

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.1999.488.70