. 2021 Oct 1;10(10):2089. doi: 10.3390/plants10102089

Table 2.

Effect of different concentrations of BA, Kin, and NAA on micropropagation of L. schweinfurthii from nodal cuttings.

Treatment (mg L⁻¹)			Number of Plantlets	Number of Distinct Nodes	Number of Leaves	Shootlet Length (cm)
BA	Kin	NAA	Number of Plantlets	Number of Distinct Nodes	Number of Leaves	Shootlet Length (cm)
-	-	-	1.00 ± 0.00 ^abc	1.00 ± 0.00 ^abc	4.14 ± 0.46 ^c	0.56 ± 0.03 ^b
0.4	-	-	1.43 ± 0.48 ^abc	3.29 ± 0.89 ^ab	20.71 ± 3.66 ^ad	1.24 ± 0.40 ^b
0.8	-	-	1.00 ± 0.22 ^abc	1.71 ± 0.47 ^abc	5.86 ± 2.19 ^cd	0.83 ± 0.17 ^b
1.6	-	-	1.14 ± 0.14 ^abc	1.29 ± 0.18 ^abc	7.14 ± 2.44 ^bcd	0.71 ± 0.19 ^b
3.2	-	-	0.29 ± 0.18 ^c	0.43 ± 0.30 ^b	1.86 ± 1.70 ^c	0.20 ± 0.13 ^b
-	0.4	-	1.86 ± 0.46 ^ab	5.86 ± 0.91 ^a	26.00 ± 4.34 ^a	2.83 ± 0.39 ^a
-	0.8	-	0.86 ± 0.14 ^abc	1.71 ± 0.52 ^abc	8.00 ± 2.17 ^bcd	0.93 ± 0.25 ^b
-	1.6	-	0.14 ± 0.14 ^c	0.14 ± 0.14 ^b	0.43 ± 0.43 ^c	0.07 ± 0.07 ^b
-	3.2	-	0.86 ± 0.14 ^abc	1.00 ± 0.22 ^abc	8.14 ± 1.97 ^bcd	0.64 ± 0.13 ^b
0.2	0.2	-	2.00 ± 0.44 ^a	3.86 ± 1.12 ^a	22.14 ± 4.49 ^ab	1.23 ± 0.20 ^b
0.4	0.4	-	1.29 ± 0.18 ^abc	2.14 ± 0.55 ^abc	12.71 ± 4.20 ^a	1.11 ± 0.24 ^b
0.8	0.8	-	1.43 ± 0.30 ^abc	2.14 ± 0.46 ^abc	12.43 ± 3.61 ^a	1.14 ± 0.31 ^b
1.6	1.6	-	1.00 ± 0.22 ^abc	1.71 ± 0.61 ^abc	8.29 ± 2.73 ^bcd	0.91 ± 0.26 ^b
0.2	0.2	0.2	0.57 ± 0.37 ^c	1.00 ± 0.66 ^abc	6.00 ± 3.93 ^cd	0.51 ± 0.34 ^b
0.4	0.4	0.4	0.43 ± 0.20 ^c	1.29 ± 0.97 ^abc	4.43 ± 2.41 ^c	0.63 ± 0.38 ^b

Pairwise comparison was conducted according to the Holm–Sidak method at p ≤ 0.05. Seven replicates were used for each treatment; BA, 6-benzyl adenine; Kin, kinetin; NAA, naphthalene acetic acid. The letters a, b, c, and d represent the pairwise comparison and the significance between treatments.