Table 1.

Callus proliferation frequency (CPF) and biomass profile in response with elicitor treatments

S. no.	Elicitor	Conc.	CPF (%)	Biomass (g)		Remark
				FW	DW
1	Elicitor free		90	1.63 ± 0.3	0.17 ± 0.01	Light Brown
2	Jasmonic acid (μM)	25	90	3.30 ± 0.7*	0.29 ± 0.03*	Dark brown, friable
3		50	90	4.33 ± 1.0**	0.38 ± 0.04**	Black, friable
4		75	95	8.10 ± 0.6**	0.81 ± 0.03**	Black, semi-hard
5		100	90	5.03 ± 0.8**	0.45 ± 0.07**	Black, semi-hard
6		125	85	2.81 ± 0.4*	0.31 ± 0.03**	Black, compact
7	Methyl jasmonate (μM)	50	70	2.12 ± 0.8 ns	0.28 ± 0.02*	Brown, compact
8		100	70	3.95 ± 1.1**	0.38 ± 0.03**	Brown, compact
9		150	75	3.29 ± 0.4*	0.33 ± 0.02**	Brown, semi-hard
10		200	70	3.25 ± 0.4*	0.21 ± 0.06ns	Brown, semi-hard
11		250	65	2.55 ± 0.3*	0.13 ± 0.03ns	Brown, hard
12	Yeast extract (mg/l)	100	75	1.92 ± 0.1 ns	0.24 ± 0.02ns	Yellowish, compact
13		200	75	1.98 ± 0.9ns	0.24 ± 0.05ns	Yellowish, watery
14		300	60	2.76 ± 0.5*	0.29 ± 0.01*	Semi-green
15		400	65	2.06 ± 0.5ns	0.25 ± 0.03*	Greenish, friable
16		500	65	2.30 ± 0.8*	0.19 ± 0.07ns	Greenish, friable

Values are significantly different at ns—non significant, *P < 0.05 and **P < 0.01 level as compared by Dunnett multiple comparisons test