. 2011 Dec 30;18(1):59–67. doi: 10.1007/s12298-011-0099-x

Table 2.

Effect of plant growth regulators on shoot regeneration from shoot tip explants of W. somnifera after 8 weeks of culture

Plant growth regulators (μM)					Regeneration (%)	Mean number of shoots/explant	Mean shoot length (cm)
BA	Kin	2-iP	NAA	IBA	Regeneration (%)	Mean number of shoots/explant	Mean shoot length (cm)
0.0					00	0.00 ± 0.00^m	0.00 ± 0.00^m
0.1					70	4.33 ± 0.16^l	1.90 ± 0.20^l
0.5					85	7.66 ± 0.60^jk	2.10 ± 0.20^ghi
1.0					90	15.1 ± 0.16^ef	3.16 ± 0.16^ef
2.5					92	18.0 ± 2.25^d	4.00 ± 0.50^cd
5.0					80	12.3 ± 0.16^g	2.43 ± 0.23^g
10.0					70	8.16 ± 0.16^jk	1.50 ± 0.17^ijkl
	0.1				70	2.83 ± 0.33^l	1.06 ± 0.06^kl
	0.5				72	6.83 ± 0.33^jk	1.66 ± 0.06^hijk
	1.0				80	12.3 ± 0.16^g	2.00 ± 0.11^ghi
	2.5				75	14.3 ± 0.16^f	3.36 ± 0.29^eh
	5.0				70	10.1 ± 0.16^hi	1.96 ± 0.39^gij
	10.0				60	7.33 ± 0.16^jk	1.46 ± 0.17^ijkl
		0.1			70	2.83 ± 0.33^l	l0.90 ± 0.20^l
		0.5			70	4.33 ± 0.16^l	1.33 ± 0.13^jkl
		1.0			75	8.00 ± 0.28^jk	2.56 ± 0.12^fg
		2.5			80	11.1 ± 0.16^gh	3.50 ± 0.00^de
		5.0			75	8.83 ± 0.16^ij	2.16 ± 0.16^gh
		10.0			65	4.16 ± 0.16^l	1.26 ± 0.16^kl
2.5			0.1		85	24.4 ± 0.58^b	4.10 ± 0.37^cd
2.5			0.5		90	32.0 ± 0.29^a	6.03 ± 0.12^a
2.5			1.0		85	20.2 ± 0.14^c	4.40 ± 0.10^c
2.5			2.0		80	15.3 ± 0.23^ef	3.26 ± 0.12^e
2.5				0.1	75	12.2 ± 0.15^g	4.26 ± 0.80^c
2.5				0.5	80	21.2 ± 0.12^c	5.43 ± 0.23^b
2.5				1.0	80	16.3 ± 0.23^e	4.20 ± 0.05^c
2.5				2.0	70	10.3 ± 0.25^hi	3.10 ± 0.10^ef

Data represent mean±SE. Means sharing the same letter within columns are not significantly different (P = 0.05) using Duncan’s multiple range test (DMRT)