TABLE 1.

Growth-promoting effect of P. indica

Plant	Treatment	Fresh wt (g)
		Shoot	Root
Maizea	Control	45 ± 3.1	48 ± 2.5
	P. indica	90 ± 6.7	75 ± 4.8
Tobaccoa	Control	4.3 ± 0.3	3.4 ± 0.2
	P. indica	7.8 ± 0.5	6.2 ± 0.4
Bacopaa	Control	2.7 ± 0.1	2.0 ± 0.2
	P. indica	7.8 ± 0.4	6.9 ± 0.5
Artemisiaa	Control	8.6 ± 0.5	4.0 ± 0.3
	P. indica	15 ± 1.2	9.9 ± 0.8
Parsleya	Control	2.6 ± 0.2	2.1 ± 0.1
	P. indica	5.9 ± 0.3	5.1 ± 0.3
Poplara	Control	4.6 ± 0.2	2.4 ± 0.2
	P. indica	8.7 ± 0.5	4.6 ± 0.3
Tobacco seedlingsb	Control	1.2 ± 0.2	0.9 ± 0.2
	P. indica	4.3 ± 0.3	1.4 ± 0.3
Tobacco plantletsc	Control	3.9 ± 0.1
	P. indica	5.9 ± 0.1
Maizea	Control	45 ± 3.8	51 ± 3.4
	Culture filtrate	97 ± 7.5	48 ± 3.2

^aMean values and standard deviations from 10 different plants grown in pots for 4 weeks. 

^bMean values and standard deviations from 10 different seedlings grown on agar plates for 3 weeks. 

^cMean values and standard deviations from seven different plantlets grown from calli on agar plates for 4 weeks.