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Table 5.

Effect of auxin (IBA or NAA) on ex vitro rooting of regenerated shoots of E. foliata

IBA (mg l⁻¹)	NAA (mg l⁻¹)	Response (%)	Number of roots (mean ± SD)	Root length (cm) (mean ± SD)
0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0 ± 0.0 ^h	0.0 ± 0.00^g
100	0.0	47.0	1.4 ± 0.52^e	0.81 ± 0.03^ef
200	0.0	56.0	2.4 ± 0.69^d	1.2 ± 0.42^c
300	0.0	68.0	3.4 ± 0.69^c	1.8 ± 0.43^b
500	0.0	80.0	5.5 ± 0.53^a	2.4 ± 0.52^a
700	0.0	70.0	4.5 ± 0 .70^b	1.9 ± 0.32^b
0.0	100	33.0	0.67 ± 0.12^g	0.57 ± 0.06^f
0.0	200	39.0	0.84 ± 0.05^fg	0.73 ± 0.05^ef
0.0	300	53.0	1.3 ± 0.48^ef	0.86 ± 0.09^de
0.0	500	61.0	2.1 ± 0.32^d	0.97 ± 0.05^cde
0.0	700	43.0	2.2 ± 0.63^d	1.1 ± 0.21^cd

Auxin pulse treatment duration: 5 min. Means in each column followed by same letters are not significantly different according to DMRT at P < 0.05