Multiplication and in vitro conservation of native genotypes of agricultural biodiversity.

Abstract

The work was developed from January 2017 to January 2018 in the Laboratory of Vegetal Biotechnology of the Mountain Development Center, with the main objective of genotypically conserving species of plants which are either at risk of extinction or of difficult access by farmers in the different mountain agroecosystems of the Nipe-Sagua-Baracoa massif. The main results obtained during the development of the activity were based on the in vitro conservation of 613 cuttings of guinea yam, 576 Philippine cuttings in knobs in f multiplication stage, the beginning of 38 cuttings of yellow yam and 51 cuttings of the Philippine clone. On the other hand, morphological parameters and number of children were evaluated in plantain fruit vitroplantas (Gran enano), adapted to field conditions and under the application of efficient microorganisms.