Table 3.
Influence of medium type on the growth and development of Aldrovanda vesiculosa shoots in vitro in the second passage.
| Length of Main Shoot (mm) | Length Increase (mm) |
Number of Lateral Shoots/Shoot | Increase in Number of Lateral Shoots | Length of Lateral Shoots (mm) | Increase in Length of Lateral Shoots (mm) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/5 MS | 96.80 a * | 20.0 a | 6.2 ab | 1.4 a | 38.20 a | 5.02 ab |
| 1/5 B5 | 69.0 ab | 19.0 ab | 10.0 a | 0 b | 27.20 ab | 9.80 a |
| 1/2 MS 500 KNO3 | 27.32 b | 2.0 b | 2.5 b | 0 b | 14.60 bc | 1.10 b |
| 1/2 B5 500 KNO3 | 27.32 b | 3.0 ab | 2.0 b | 2.0 a | 11.0 c | 0 b |
* Means followed by the same letter in columns do not differ significantly at α = 0.05. 1/5MS—Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium diluted 5 times, 1/5 B5—Gamborg B5 medium diluted 5 times, 1/2MS 500 KNO3—half-concentration MS medium with KNO3 concentration lowered to 500 mg·dm−3.