Table 1.
Effect of different combinations of 2,4-D and kinetin on callus induction of cultivar IR64 after 2 weeks of inoculation (150 seeds/medium formulation)
| 2,4-D (mg/l) | Kinetin (mg/l) | Seeds forming callus Number (%) |
Seeds forming embryogenic calli Number (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IR 64 | Khongan | Taothabi | IR 64 | Khongan | Taothabi | ||
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 0.0 | 62 | 25 | 20 | 40 | 15 | 18 |
| 1.5 | 0.25 | 66 | 48 | 36 | 46 | 32 | 30 |
| 2.0 | 0.0 | 78 | 56 | 51 | 54 | 47 | 50 |
| 2.0 | 0.25 | 80 | 64 | 70 | 65 | 58 | 63 |
| 2.5 | 0.0 | 84 | 78 | 85 | 68 | 69 | 74 |
| 2.5 | 0.25 | 90 | 84 | 98 | 71 | 73 | 90 |
| 3.0 | 0.0 | 86 | 93 | 95 | 72 | 68 | 87 |
| 3.0 | 0.25 | 82 | 85 | 91 | 70 | 74 | 82 |