Table 3.

Effects of plant growth regulators (PGRs) on the induction of somatic embryos and adventitious shoots from roots of Scaevola sericea after light culture for 30 days.

MS + PGRs (mg/L)	Number of adventitious shoots	Number of somatic embryos
NAA 0.1–2.5	0.0 ± 0.0 d	0.0 ± 0.0 e
2,4-D 0.1–2.5	0.0 ± 0.0 d	0.0 ± 0.0 e
BA 0.1	2.9 ± 0.2 ab	0.4 ± 0.3 d
BA 0.5	3.4 ± 0.5 a	2.2 ± 0.4 c
BA 2.5	1.8 ± 0.4 b	4.7 ± 0.4 b
TDZ 0.1	1.3 ± 1.1 bc	2.9 ± 0.9 c
TDZ 0.5	1.3 ± 1.0 bc	4.9 ± 0.3 b
TDZ 2.5	1.1 ± 0.4 c	7.6 ± 0.8 a

Each treatment had 30 leaf explants. Different letters within a column indicate significant differences according to Duncan’s multiple range test (P < 0.05).