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Table 3.

Effect of various concentrations of BAP on multiple bud induction and shoot regeneration of Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman (enset) using corm discs

	Multiple bud induction medium	BAP (mg L⁻¹)	Activated charcoal (2 g L⁻¹)	Efficiency of bud induction at 4 wk (%)^za	Shoot regeneration medium	BAP (mg L⁻¹)	Activated charcoal (2 g L⁻¹)	Number of shoots initiated per corm disc^a	Number of complete plants per corm disc^a	Multiplication rate^ya
1	PM2	1.0	Yes	81.7 ± 14.1	PM2	1.0	Yes	29.6 ± 1.6	12.0 ± 0.9	36.1 ± 2.8
2	PM1	2.5	Yes	71.0 ± 10.2	PM1	2.5	Yes	26.3 ± 2.9	4.6 ± 0.5	13.7 ± 1.5
3	PM3	5.0	Yes	73.3 ± 11.6	PM3	5.0	Yes	33.5 ± 8.9	4.3 ± 0.9	13.0 ± 2.8
4	PM4	1.0	No	68.7 ± 10.3	PM4	1.0	No	0 ± 0	0 ± 0	0 ± 0
					PM2	1.0	Yes	28.4 ± 3.9	0.9 ± 0.1	2.8 ± 0.4
5	PM5	2.5	No	75.3 ± 4.0	PM5	2.5	No	0 ± 0	0 ± 0	0 ± 0
					PM1	2.5	Yes	28.7 ± 4.1	0.4 ± 0.1	1.1 ± 0.3
6	PM6	5.0	No	64.0 ± 3.5	PM6	5.0	No	0 ± 0	0 ± 0	0 ± 0
					PM3	5.0	Yes	47.4 ± 4.3	0.7 ± 0.1	2.1 ± 0.2
7	MBM1	0.0	Yes	55.3 ± 4	MBM1	0.0	Yes	42.3 ± 2.9	11.6 ± 0.36	34.9 ± 1.1
8	MBM2	0.0	No	50.7 ± 4	MBM2	0.0	No	30.6 ± 0.7	1.8 ± 0.2	5.3 ± 0.6

^aValues are mean ± Std.

^zEfficiency of bud induction (%) = (number of explants producing multiple buds / total number of explants cultured) × 100.

^yMultiplication rate = total number of plantlets regenerated from three corm discs isolated from one in vitro mother plantlet.