Ornamental pineapple (Ananas bracteatus Schult. f.) is often used in landscape compositions in order to limit areas or borders. Micropropagation allows high multiplication rates and may be an interesting technique of vegetative propagation in order to meet the need of plants of this species that is rising on national and international markets. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of several light irradiances and sucrose concentrations during in vitro rooting on survival during the acclimatization stage. Several concentrations of sucrose (0, 10, 20 or 30 g L-1) in the rooting medium and two light irradiances (22.9 and 66.9 mmol m-2 s-1) in the culture room were tested. The best results of rooting were obtained on culture medium containing 30 g L-1 sucrose under an irradiance of 66.9 mmol m-2 s-1 . The plants were then transferred to the greenhouse and cultured under intermittent mist for 60 days. There was no significant difference among the results of survival under the two irradiances tested. However, for sucrose concentrations, the survival rate of the control (50%) was statistically inferior to that of the other treatments that were similar among them (95 and 100%).
Ananas bracteatus; micropropagation; ornamental plant
