Propagation of Caper by Seed, Cuttings or by Tissue Culture

Abstract

Caper seeds were immersed first in H2SO, and KNO, and then in GA, or in the GA, alone for various times and caper cuttings were treated with increasing doses Indolacetic acid (IAA), Indolebutyric acid (IBA) and 2-Naphthelene acetic acid (NAA-). The cuttings and the seeds were grown under in vivo and in vitro conditions. The highest seed germination percentage (78.6%) was obtained from the treatment with GA, (500 ppm) for 24 hours. The cuttings treated with NAA for 7 minutes resulted in 51.6% rooting in perlite. The IBA treatment (6 ppm) applied to 1-1.5 cm explants gave 53.8% rooting in MS medium. Development of the 96 plants grown in the experimental field was found to be at high level.