Stimulation of banana in vitro shoot growth by yellow-cellophane-film shading. Abstract-Introduction. Many shoots or bud-like structures are lost in the final stage of plant micropropagation because of being too short for handling. Yellow and red lights induce in vitro plant growth of some species, and blue light reduces it instead. Yellow cellophane film passes through from the yellow to red light spectrum but cuts off the blue one. Growth of banana in vitro shoots was thus compared with or without yellow-cellophane-film shading. Materials and methods. Field-grown banana normal and dwarf variant plants of Nanicão cv. (Musa sp., AAA group, Cavendish subgroup) derived from micropropagation were re-established in vitro. They were then transferred to MS medium without growth regulator in test tubes covered by yellow cellophane film under cool white fluorescent lamps at a light intensity of 46 μmol•m-2 •s-1. Shoot growth was measured as height was evaluated after (20 and 30) days of culture. Results and discussion. The yellow-cellophane-film shading stimulated the growth of banana in vitro shoots. When cultured under the yellow-cellophane-film shading for 20 days, the normal trueto-type plants showed an increase of about 25% in shoot height compared with the plants cultured without cellophane film. Similar growth response was also observed on the in vitro shoots of the dwarf plants but the increment was only about 12%. This shading technique can aid shoot elongation and consequently reduction of plantlet loss at the final stage of plant micropropagation. The differing sensibility of the normal true-to-type plants and dwarf variants to the yellowcellophane-film shading may be used for reduction of the dwarf variant population in banana micropropagation. Conclusion. Yellow-cellophane-film shading stimulates growth of banana in vitro shoots. Brazil / Musa / plant propagation / micropropagation / light requirements / radiosensitivity Stimulation de la croissance in vitro de plantules de bananier sous film de cellophane jaune. Résumé-Introduction. De nombreuses plantules ou autres structures analogues à des bourgeons sont perdues lors de la dernière phase de micropropagation des plants, car elles sont trop courtes pour être manipulées. Les lumières jaune et rouge induisent la croissance in vitro de certaines espèces, alors que la lumière bleue la réduit. Le film de cellophane jaune permet le passage d'un spectre de lumière du jaune au rouge mais arrête le bleu. La croissance in vitro des plantules de banane a alors été comparée avec ou sans film de cellophane jaune. Matériel et méthodes. Des plants normaux de bananiers et des variants nains du cv. Nanicão (Musa sp., groupe AAA, sous-groupe Cavendish), issus de micropropagation et cultivés en champ, ont été remis en culture in vitro. Les vitroplants ont été alors transférés, sur milieu MS sans régulateur de croissance, dans des tubes à essai obturés par un film de cellophane jaune, sous des lampes fluorescentes à lumière froide blanche présentant une intensité de 46 μmol•m...