O objetivo deste estudo foi obter calos e embriões somáticos de couve-comum (Brassica oleracea L., var. leucocephala) e caracterizá-los por meio de observações histológicas. Foram cultivadas, in vitro, explantes foliares, sob condições assépticas, em meio nutritivo MS, suplementado com várias combinações entre 2,4-D/BAP e 2,4-D/KIN. Na fase de indução de calos (fase I), houve o desenvolvimento de calos com características embriogênicas nos meios suplementados com 5,0 mg/L de 2,4-D; 1,0 mg/L de 2,4-D e 0,1 mg/L de BAP; 1,0 mg/L de 2,4-D e 1,0 mg/L de BAP e 2,0 mg/L de 2,4-D e 0,05 mg/L de BAP, que foram selecionados para o subcultivo em meio de regeneração (fase II). Nesta fase, foram utilizados meios de cultura suplementados com reduzidas concentrações de 2,4-D, BAP e AG3, ou totalmente desprovidos destes, em que os calos permaneceram por mais 30 dias em cultivo. Os calos subcultivados nos meios de regeneração com 0,1 mg/L de BAP (R3) e 0,01 e 0,001 mg/L de BAP e 2,4-D respectivamente (R8), provenientes dos meios para indução, acrescidos de 5,0 mg/L de 2,4-D (M16) e 1,0 e 1,0 mg/L de BAP e 2,4-D (M30), desenvolveram estruturas semelhantes a embriões. No entanto, a caracterização histológica revelou a superioridade da interação entre os meios M30 e R8, para a regeneração de calos e embriões somáticos.
The aim of this study was to obtain calluses and somatic embryos of common cabbage (Brassica oleracea L., var. leucocephala) and to characterize them by means of histological observations in vitro; foliar explants were cultivated under asseptic conditions in a nutritive MS medium supplemented with various combinations of 2,4-D/BAP and 2,4-D/KIN. During the induction phase of calluses (phase I), there was a development of calluses with embryogenic characteristics derived from the media (5.0 mg/L of 2,4-D), (1.0 mg/L of 2,4-D plus 0.1 mg/L of BAP), (1.0 mg/L of 2,4-D plus 1.0 mg/L of BAP) and (2.0 mg/L of 2,4-D plus 0.05 mg/L of BAP), that were chosen for subcultivation in regeneration media (phase II). In this phase, culture media were supplemented with reduced concentrations of 2,4-D, BAP and GA3, or they were totally deprived of these supplements. In this case, the calluses remained in cultivation for other 30 days. The calluses that were subcultivated in the regeneration media R3 (0.1 mg/L of BAP) and R8 (0.001 mg/L of 2,4-D plus 0.01 mg/L of BAP), derived from the induction media M16 (5.0 mg/L of 2,4-D) and M30 (1.0 and 1.0 mg/L of 2,4-D and BAP), respectively, developed structures similar to embryos. However, this histological characterization revealed the superiority of the interaction between the M30 and R8 media for regeneration of the calluses and somatic embryos.