Table 3.

Effect of cytokinins on shoot multiplication from rhizome bud explants of K. parviflora after 8 weeks of incubation.

Cytokinin	Conc (µM)	Response (%)	No. of Shoots/Explant	No. of Roots/Shoot
Control (MS)	0	22.6 ± 2.2 k	1.2 ± 0.4 h	2.3 ± 0.9 gh
6-BA	1	34.0 ± 3.0 i	1.4 ± 0.5 gh	4.3 ± 1.3 b–f
	2	53.9 ± 2.7 f	2.6 ± 0.9 efg	5.3 ± 1.0 b
	4	64.1 ± 2.9 c	4.2 ± 1.6 bc	3.6 ± 1.0 c–f
	8	78.8 ± 3.1 a	6.3 ± 1.6 a	4.6 ± 1.0 bcde
	12	70.2 ± 4.7 b	3.1 ± 1.1 cdef	2.9 ± 0.9 fgh
6-KN	1	23.0 ± 1.8 k	1.3 ± 0.5 h	3.2 ± 1.2 d–f
	2	29.4 ± 2.9 j	2.8 ± 1.2 def	6.6 ± 1.6 a
	4	46.6 ± 3.1 g	3.7 ± 1.3 bcde	4.8 ± 1.5 bc
	8	57.7 ± 2.9 e	2.3 ± 1.0 fgh	3.8 ± 1.3 c–f
	12	61.1 ± 3.7 d	3.4 ± 1.1 cdef	1.9 ± 0.6 h
TDZ	1	39.7 ± 2.7 h	2.9 ± 0.8 def	3.1 ± 1.5 efgh
	2	67.8 ± 2.3 b	4.7 ± 1.3 b	5.0 ± 1.9 bc
	4	49.2 ± 2.8 g	3.8 ± 1.0 bcd	4.7 ± 2.3 bcd
	8	53.3 ± 2.7 f	3.0 ± 1.5 def	3.7 ± 1.5 c–f
	12	32.7 ± 1.6 i	2.6 ± 0.5 efg	2.1 ± 1.3 h
Mean		49.0	3.08	3.87
R-Square		0.9741	0.5997	0.4839
Coefficient of variation		5.93	35.68	35.30
		F-value
F-test	Cyto	378.49	6.72	1.20
	Conc	405.83	14.33	20.83
	Cyto * Conc	192.41	10.61	2.26
		p-value
	Cyto	0.001	0.002	0.306
	Conc	0.001	0.001	0.001
	Cyto * Conc	0.001	0.001	0.028

Means ± SDs, followed by the same letters within a column, were not significantly different p < 0.05 by DMRT.