Table 2.
Influence of IAA on rhizogenesis in vitro in D. unguis-cati after 3 weeks of culture. Values within the columns are highly significant at p < 0.05 and represented as mean of 30 replicates ± SD. Different characters indicate significant differences among the results (p ≤ 0.05).
Media Combinations | % Rooting | Mean no. of root/shoot | Mean root length (cm) |
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MS full strength | 0g | 0d | 0d |
MS full strength + 1.0 mg l−1 IAA | 13 ± 3.1ef | 1.16 ± 0.6cd | 1.02 ± 0.4cd |
MS full strength + 2.0 mg l−1 IAA | 26 ± 2.6d | 4.16 ± 1.0bc | 2.81 ± 0.9ab |
MS full strength + 3.0 mg l−1 IAA | 21 ± 3.2de | 4.14 ± 0.8bc | 2.87 ± 0.9ab |
MS half strength | 8 ± 1.8fg | 2.82 ± 0.4bcd | 1.01 ± 0.4cd |
MS half strength + 1.0 mg l−1 IAA | 57 ± 3.2b | 4.73 ± 1.6b | 1.42 ± 0.5bcd |
MS half strength + 2.0 mg l−1 IAA | 94 ± 4.8a | 11.40 ± 2.4a | 4.03 ± 0.8a |
MS half strength + 3.0 mg l−1 IAA | 39 ± 4.1c | 4.72 ± 1.8b | 1.72 ± 0.6abc |