Meristem culture of Actinidia sp. Authors names: Anca Barcu Coordinator Professor: Adrian Peticila International Student Symposium "Hortus Academicus“ March 29, 2019 - Bucharest, Romania

Introduction Actinia deliciosa (A) Actinida chinensis (C) Actinidia arguta (D) International Student Symposium "Hortus Academicus“ March 29, 2019 - Bucharest, Romania

Materials and Methods Meristem culture 52 meristems 4 types of medium International Student Symposium "Hortus Academicus“ March 29, 2019 - Bucharest, Romania

Results and discussions -remarkable growth on medium with IBA, GA3 and ABA, 3 days dark > 7 days dark -high viability on the same medium -viable meristems after 5 days in sterilized water vs 7 days in sterilized water at 5C International Student Symposium "Hortus Academicus“ March 29, 2019 - Bucharest, Romania

Conclusions and recommendations -the best medium for growth is also the best medium for inoculation -actinidia arguta grows much faster than chinensis and deliciosa International Student Symposium "Hortus Academicus“ March 29, 2019 - Bucharest, Romania

References Micropropagation of kiwifruit using non-axenic shoot tips, PAUL L. MONETTE Akbaş, Filiz & Işıkalan, Çiğdem & Namli, Süreyya & Başaran, Davut. (1560). Micropropagation of kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa). INTERNATİONAL JOURNAL OF AGRİCULTURE & BİOLOGY. 8530. 9-3. Micropropagation of Kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa) FİLİZ ADIYAMAN AKBAŞ, ÇİĞDEM IŞIKALAN, SÜREYYA NAMLI1 AND DAVUT BAŞARAN Rugini E., Gutiérrez-Pesce P. (2003) Micropropagation of Kiwifruit (Actinidia spp.). In: Jain S.M., Ishii K. (eds) Micropropagation of Woody Trees and Fruits. Forestry Sciences, vol 75. Springer, Dordrecht Revilla M.A., Rey M.A., Gonzalez-Rio F., Gonzalez M.V., Diaz-Sala C., Rodriguez R. (1992) Micropropagation of Kiwi (Actinidia spp.). In: Bajaj Y.P.S. (eds) High-Tech and Micropropagation II. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 18. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg Wessels E, Nel DD, Von Staden DFA (1984) In vitro propagation of Actinidia chinensis PI. Cultivar Hayward. Deciduous Fruit Grower 34: 453–457 Tsai C-K (1988) Plant regeneration from leaf callus protoplasts of Actinidia chinensisPlanch, var. chinensis. Plant Sci 54: 231–250 International Student Symposium "Hortus Academicus“ March 29, 2019 - Bucharest, Romania