INDIRECT SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS INCoffea arabica L. CV. OBATÃ 1 ABSTRACT It was aimed with this work to study the indirect somatic embryogenesis in Coffea arabica L. cv. 'Obatã', including the steps of induction, differentiation and regeneration of plants. Leaf segments withdrawn from plants under field conditions were disinfected with 70% alcohol for 1 , 1% sodium hypochlorite for 15 and inoculated in 'CI' medium (callus induction) supplemented with 2,4 D (0, 1, 2 and 4 mg.L -1 ) and kinetin (0, 2, 4 and 8 mg.L -1 ). Later, the callus were transferred to the 'CD' medium (callus differentiation) to which was added 2,4-D (0, 1, 2 and 4 mg.L -1 ) and BAP (0, 2, 4 and 8 mg.L -1 ). During the regeneration step, friable embryogenic callus were inoculated in 'R' medium supplemented with BAP (0, 2, 4 and 6 mg.L -1 ) and sucrose (0, 15, 30, 45 and 60 g.L -1 ). The culture media utilized had their pH adjusted to 5.6 ± 1 before being autoclaved. The experiments were kept in growth room at 26 ± 1 o C. Over the steps of callus 1. Parte da Dissertação apresentada pelo primeiro autor à UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE LAVRAS/UFLA, Caixa Postal 37 37200-000 LAVRAS, MG, como parte das exigências do curso de Mestrado em Agronomia, área de concentração Fitotecnia.