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Table 2 Effect of TDZ, BAP and Kinetin on microshoot formation in different cultivars after 3 weeks

From: In vitro propagation of three mosaic disease resistant cassava cultivars

Cytokinin conc.

(ÎĽM)

Nb. of

explants

Agric-rouge

Atinwewe

Agblehoundo

NME (M ± SE)

ML (M ± SE)

NNM (M ± SE)

NME (M ± SE)

ML (M ± SE)

NNM (M ± SE)

NME (M ± SE)

ML (M ± SE)

NNM (M ± SE)

0

30

1.00 ± 0.00f

4.67 ± 0.02de

3.18 ± 0.01c

1.00 ± 0.00f

1.84 ± 0.04cd

3.04 ± 0.03cd

1.00 ± 0.00e

2.20 ± 0.01f

3.04 ± 0.03d

TDZ-0.1

30

1.00 ± 0.00f

5.66 ± 0.01b

3.12 ± 0.02c

1.00 ± 0.00f

1.96 ± 0.02c

3.06 ± 0.07c

1.00 ± 0.00e

3.17 ± 0.01e

3.10 ± 0.01d

TDZ-0.5

30

1.00 ± 0.00f

5.15 ± 0.03cd

3.40 ± 0.02bc

1.00 ± 0.00 f

2.44 ± 0.01a

3.35 ± 0.05a

1.00 ± 0.00e

4.58 ± 0.05a

3.62 ± 0.01a

TDZ-1

30

1.00 ± 0.00f

2.72 ± 0.32f

3.24 ± 0.02c

1.00 ± 0.00f

2.33 ± 0.02ab

2.67 ± 0.02e

1.00 ± 0.00e

3.23 ± 0.01e

2.68 ± 0.03e

TDZ-1.5

30

1.00 ± 0.00f

4.26 ± 0.04e

3.24 ± 0.28c

1.00 ± 0.00f

1.83 ± 0.01d

2.58 ± 0.01e

1.00 ± 0.00e

2.18 ± 0.01f

2.43 ± 0.01f

BAP-5

30

3.00 ± 0.06c

1.10 ± 0.03g

1.83 ± 0.01d

2.84 ± 0.01a

1.36 ± 0.06e

1.57 ± 0.01f

2.04 ± 0.03c

0.50 ± 0.01g

1.00 ± 0.00h

BAP- 10

30

3.60 ± 0.03a

0.65 ± 0.01gh

1.31 ± 0.04e

2.83 ± 0.01a

0.81 ± 0.02f

1.67 ± 0.02f

2.25 ± 0.01b

0.29 ± 0.01h

1.03 ± 0.03h

BAP-20

30

2.00 ± 0.12e

0.33 ± 0.01h

1.07 ± 0.07e

1.90 ± 0.02d

0.39 ± 0.01g

1.05 ± 0.03g

1.17 ± 0.02d

0.22 ± 0.02h

1.00 ± 0.00h

Kin-5

30

3.27 ± 0.01b

6.32 ± 0.01a

4.20 ± 0.05a

2.00 ± 0.02c

2.31 ± 0.01b

2.55 ± 0.01e

2.00 ± 0.44c

4.18 ± 0.01b

3.33 ± 0.02b

Kin-10

30

3.18 ± 0.01bc

5.60 ± 0.01bc

3.82 ± 0.33ba

2.32 ± 0.02b

2.27 ± 0.02b

3.25 ± 0.02b

2.90 ± 1.00a

3.95 ± 0.01c

3.22 ± 0.01c

Kin-20

30

2.55 ± 0.2d

3.08 ± 0.01f

2.28 ± 0.04 d

1.39 ± 0.02e

1.94 ± 0.02cd

2.90 ± 0.01d

3.00 ± 0.89a

3.71 ± 0.01d

2.19 ± 0.02g

  1. *Means followed by the same letter are not significantly different at P ≤ 0.05
  2. NME Number of microshoots per explant, ML Microshoot length (cm), NNM Number of nodes per microshoot, M Mean, SE Standard error, TDZ Thidiazuron, BAP Benzyaminopurine, Kin Kinetin