Table 2.

Effect of different concentrations of Ca(ClO)₂ at various immersion times on in vitro sterilization of chrysanthemum.

Treatments	Contamination frequency (%)	Explant viability (%)
Ca(ClO)2 (%)
0	100.00 ± 00.00	00.00 ± 00.00
8.5	38.51 ± 3.10	57.04 ± 3.35
9	22.96 ± 4.17	71.11 ± 3.68
9.5	7.41 ± 2.59	88.89 ± 2.72
10	00.00 ± 00.00	88.15 ± 4.12
Time (min)
5	40.44 ± 9.19	56.44 ± 8.97
10	32.89 ± 9.67	62.67 ± 9.04
15	28.00 ± 10.05	64.00 ± 9.06
Ca(ClO)2 (%) ×Time (min)
0 × 5	100.00 ± 00.00	00.00 ± 00.00
0 × 10	100.00 ± 00.00	00.00 ± 00.00
0 × 15	100.00 ± 00.00	00.00 ± 00.00
8.5 × 5	48.89 ± 2.22	46.67 ± 3.85
8.5 × 10	37.78 ± 2.22	57.78 ± 2.22
8.5 × 15	28.89 ± 2.22	66.67 ± 3.85
9 × 5	37.78 ± 2.22	57.78 ± 2.22
9 × 10	20.00 ± 3.85	73.34 ± 00.00
9 × 15	11.11 ± 2.22	82.22 ± 2.22
9.5 × 5	15.55 ± 2.22	80.00 ± 3.85
9.5 × 10	6.67 ± 3.85	91.11 ± 2.22
9.5 × 15	00.00 ± 00.00	95.56 ± 2.22
10 × 5	00.00 ± 00.00	97.78 ± 2.22
10 × 10	00.00 ± 00.00	91.11 ± 2.22
10 × 15	00.00 ± 00.00	75.56 ± 8.02

Values in each column represent means ±SE.