Table 3.

Effect of various antioxidants on survival and multiplication of shoots from mature nodal segments of Terminalia bellerica cultured on medium supplemented with BA (4.4 μM)

Antioxidants	% survival	Shoot buds [explant]−1 Mean ± S.E.
Control	10	3.0 ± 0.2b
Charcoal (500 mg l−1)	70	1.6 ± 0.2d
Ascorbic acid (50 mg l−1)	15	1.8 ± 0.3d
PVP (50 mg l−1)	20	2.5 ± 0.2c
Serial Transfer + AO*	55	4.7 ± 0.3a

*AO = PVP (50 mg l⁻¹) + Ascorbic acid (100 mg l⁻¹) + Citric acid (10 mg l⁻¹)

Each treatment consisted of 15 replicates and experiment was repeated thrice

The mean values marked with the same letter (s) do not differ significantly at P ≤ 0.05 according to Duncan’s multiple range test