Table 1.

Effect of zinc oxide nanoparticles on the in vitro regeneration of Maerua oblongifolia after 45 days of treatment in MS media.

Treatment	Fresh Weight (g)	Dry Weight (g)	Shoot Number (Pot)	Shoot Length (cm)	Leaf Number (Pot)
control	5.03 ± 0.15 d	0.73 ± 0.06 e	11.67±0.58 e	3.47 ± 0.06 f	131.67 ± 0.58 d
1.25 mg/L	7.45 ± 0.15 c	1.73 ± 0.06 d	16.67 ± 0.58 d	5.07 ± 0.06 e	162.67 ± 1.15 c
2.5 mg/L	12.43 ± 0.15 b	2.33 ± 0.06 c	23.33 ± 0.58 b	8.70 ± 0.10 c	204.00 ± 1.15 b
5 mg/L	13.2 ± 0.20 a	2.90 ± 0.10 a	26.67 ± 0.58 a	11.23 ± 0.06 a	213.67 ± 1.15 a
10 mg/L	12.37 ± 0.06 b	2.47 ± 0.06 b	23.33 ± 0.58 b	9.23 ± 0.06 b	201.67 ± 1.15 b
20 mg/L	7.53 ± 0.06 c	1.67 ± 0.06 d	21.00 ± 0.00 c	6.17 ± 0.06 d	171.33 ± 1.15 c

The data representing the mean values of triplicates with ± standard deviation within a column followed by the same letters are not significantly different according to one-way analysis of variance (p ≤ 0.05).