Propagation of caper by seed, cuttings or by tissue culture

Caper seeds were immersed first in $H_2SO_4$ and $KNO_3$ and then in $GA_3$ or in the $GA_3$ 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 $GA_3$ (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.Caper seeds were immersed first in $H_2SO_4$ and $KNO_3$ and then in $GA_3$ or in the $GA_3$ 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 $GA_3$ (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