This study was conducted during 2012-2013 in order to efficiently micropropagate
viburnum (Viburnum tinus) bushes using tissue culture techniques. The shoots were
cultured on a Murashige and Skoog medium supplemented with 30 gl-1 sucrose, 7 gl-1 ag
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- agar, citric acid as an anti-oxidant (300 mgl-1), and different concentrations of benzyl
amino purine and Naphthalene Acetic Acid. A media of Murashige and Skoog was used
for laboratory rooting after reducing the major mineral elements to the half, reducing the
sucrose to 20 gl-1, and addingindole-3-butyric acid (IBA) of different concentrations (0,
0.5, 1, 1.5 mgl-1). The results showed that it is necessary to have auxin and cytokinin in
culture to improve the value of open buds and the number of shoots per initial explants.
The concentrations 0.25 mgl-1 from NAA with 1 mgl-1 from BAP gave the highest value of
open buds (93.33%) and the maximum number of shoot per initial explants (1.57). To
improve the number and length of the shoots produced, the solution mineral (MS) was
replaced with another: media woody plants (WPM) which gave better elongation for the
resulting growths (3.21 cm) and a better number of shoots (2.72 Growth/explant)
compared to the media (MS) using the same compatibility hormone (0.25 mgl-1 of NAA
and 1 mgl-1 of BAP).
The results also show that the highest percentage of rooting reached (84.44%) with
(0.5 mgl-1) IBA which was better than (1.5 mgl-1) IBA and better than the treatment of the
control. Results also showed that the best medium for the length and number of roots
formed was (2.7cm, 3.82root) when the concentration was (0.5 mgl-1) surpassing the
control. The success rate of the acclimatization of the resulting laboratory plantlets under
glasshouse conditions reached (73.33%) one month and a half after the transplanting.