Table 2.

Effect of basal media formulations on tissue water content (TWC) and biomass accumulation in shoots of C. heterophyllus after 4 weeks of culture in liquid media.

Basal medium	Tissue water content (%)	Dry weight (mg/shoot)
DKW	94.1 ± 0.5a	7.1 ± 0.9a
G	91.8 ± 0.8b	7.5 ± 0.9a
MS	92.4 ± 1.9a, b	6.0 ± 2.3a
MS/2
Solid	89.7 ± 0.3b	10.0 ± 2.0a
Liquid	91.1 ± 1.4b	6.4 ± 1.0a
W	91.7 ± 0.6b	4.0 ± 1.4b

^a,bValues are means ± SE. Means followed by the same letter were not significantly different according to Tukey's HSD test (P ≤ 0.05).