. 2016 Oct 3;22(4):595–603. doi: 10.1007/s12298-016-0379-6

Table 2.

Effect of auxins supplemented to MS medium on root induction from the shoots of Artemisia nilagirica var. nilagirica

MS + Growth regulator	Frequency of response (%)	Mean no. of roots/shoot*	Root length*
Control	66.65^c	2.33 ± 0.84^ef	1.95 ± 0.65cd^e
Half strength MS + NAA
2.5	100.00^a	9.66 ± 1.47^cd	10.01 ± 1.44^a
5	100.00^a	7.50 ± 2.18^de	6.71 ± 1.34^b
7.5	100.00^a	10.50 ± 1.66^cd	4.95 ± 0.77^bc
10	100.00^a	11.00 ± 2.97^bcd	4.01 ± 0.89b^cd
Half strength MS + IAA
2.5	100.00^a	18.00 ± 3.23^a	5.89 ± 1.00^b
5	100.00^a	16.16 ± 2.24^ab	4.95 ± 1.06^bc
7.5	100.00^a	14.50 ± 1.43^abc	4.64 ± 0.69b
10	100.00^a	7.83 ± 2.25^d	4.06 ± 0.55^bcd
Half strength MS + IBA
2.5	33.33^f	1.16 ± 0.98^f	1.61 ± 1.03^de
5	50.00^d	1.66 ± 0.76^f	2.03 ± 0.92^cde
7.5	83.33^b	2.16 ± 0.60^ef	2.68 ± 0.71^cde
10	0.00 ^g	0.00 ± 0.00^f	0.00 ± 0.00^e
Control	66.65^c	1.00 ± 0.57^b	1.93 ± 1.55^bc
Quarter strength MS + NAA
2.5	100.00^a	8.00 ± 3.51^b	0.92 ± 0.45^c
5	100.00^a	9.33 ± 1.76^b	1.14 ± 0.24^bc
7.5	100.00^a	13.00 ± 5.13^b	1.82 ± 0.18^bc
10	100.00^a	4.66 ± 0.88^b	1.06 ± 0.04^bc
Quarter strength MS + IAA
2.5	100.00^a	6.66 ± 0.88^b	1.13 ± 0.38^bc
5	100.00^a	9.33 ± 2.33^b	1.78 ± 0.44^bc
7.5	100.00^a	4.66 ± 1.20^b	1.19 ± 0.46^bc
10	100.00^a	7.00 ± 3.05^b	1.81 ± 0.24^bc
Quarter strength MS + IBA
2.5	100.00^a	4.33 ± 1.85^b	1.37 ± 0.97^bc
5	100.00^a	4.33 ± 1.20^b	1.16 ± 0.08^bc
7.5	66.65^c	52.33 ± 12.91^a	3.10 ± 0.50^ab
10	83.33^b	58.66 ± 6.35^a	4.17 ± 0.64^a

* Each value represents the mean ± standard error. Data recorded after 6 weeks of culture. Treatment means followed by different letters in their superscript are significantly different from each other (p < 0.05) according to Duncan’s multiple range test