Table 2.

Effect of 3,4-DHP on somatic embryo development and plant regeneration

Treatment	Change in weight on RD1 medium	Number of embryos (×103)/g regenerated on RD1 medium	Number of embryos (×104)/g from ECs on RD2 medium	Number of plants (×103)/g ECs on RD2 medium	Germination percentage of embryos (%) on RD2 medium
Control	20.21 ± 0.59 **	1.93 ± 0.18 *	3.89 ± 0.11	5.59 ± 0.13 **	14.05 ± 0.59 **
200 μM DHP	15.46 ± 1.87 **	2.45 ± 0.26 *	3.79 ± 0.46	3.18 ± 0.04 **	8.51 ± 0.23 **

ECs: embryogenic cells. The data in the table represent an average of four biological replicates ± standard deviation. A comparison of groups was conducted using a paired t-test of variance. Values marked with star were considered significant at P < 0.05 while values marked with two stars were considered significant at P < 0.01