With a view to control of ecological condition, in vitro culture is a convenient
method to biological studies in plants. Sucrose is a very important component
of in vitro culture media, serving as a source of carbon and energy. The effect
of sucrose concentration was studied under in vitro laboratory culture of
Aboudy fig cultivar Ficus carica L. Sucrose with three concentrations (1, 3 (control)
and 5%) in MS medium supplemented with 0.1mg/l 1-Naphthaleneacetic
acid (NAA) were investigated. Results showed that sucrose concentration at 1%
gave the best results regarding shoot length (cm) and leaves number, although
that sucrose at 3% gave the highest proliferation rate. Where as sucrose at 5%
gave the highest rate of root growth estimated as root number (28.66) or root
length (2.49 cm).