Table 2.

Effect of different phytohormones on root induction of C. noorjahaniae on half strength MS medium

Sr. No.	Phytohormones	Concentration (mg/l)	Response (%)	Number of roots/shoot ± SE	Root length (cm) ± SE
1	Hormone free		00	0.0	0.0
2	IBA	0.5	80	3.2 ± 0.5**	2.2 ± 0.3**
3		1.0	100	8.1 ± 0.7**	4.0 ± 0.2**
4		1.5	90	5.2 ± 0.6**	3.0 ± 0.3**
5		2.0	80	4.1 ± 0.6**	2.6 ± 0.3**
6		2.5	75	1.8 ± 0.3ns	2.6 ± 0.4**
7	NAA	0.5	55	0.7 ± 0.2ns	1.6 ± 0.4*
8		1.0	60	1.3 ± 0.3*	2.2 ± 0.4**
9		1.5	70	2.7 ± 0.6**	2.6 ± 0.6**
10		2.0	65	1.8 ± 0.4**	2.1 ± 0.4**
11		2.5	65	1.1 ± 0.2ns	1.9 ± 0.4**
12	IAA	0.5	70	1.7 ± 0.5**	1.8 ± 0.4**
13		1.0	70	2.3 ± 0.4**	2.1 ± 0.4**
14		1.5	75	2.0 ± 0.4**	1.9 ± 0.3**
15		2.0	65	1.1 ± 0.2ns	1.7 ± 0.4**
16		2.5	60	0.9 ± 0.2ns	1.1 ± 0.3ns
17	IBA + NAA	1.0 + 0.5	80	6.1 ± 0.9**	3.2 ± 0.4**
18		1.0 + 1.0	75	4.3 ± 0.6**	2.7 ± 0.4**
19		1.0 + 1.5	80	4.0 ± 0.6**	2.4 ± 0.3**
20		1.0 + 2.0	80	2.6 ± 0.4**	2.2 ± 0.3**
21	IBA + IAA	1.0 + 0.5	75	1.1 ± 0.2*	2.1 ± 0.5**
22		1.0 + 1.0	90	2.3 ± 0.3**	2.6 ± 0.3**
23		1.0 + 1.5	85	3.7 ± 0.5**	2.6 ± 0.3**
24		1.0 + 2.0	80	2.2 ± 0.3**	2.3 ± 0.4**

Mean ± S.E. of 20 replicates per treatment. The values are significantly different at ns-non significant, *P < 0.05 and **P < 0.01 level when compared by Dunnett multiple comparisons test