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Table 2 Effect of different combination of kinetin and NAA on shoot multiplication

From: Optimization of growth regulators on in vitro propagation of Moringa stenopetala from shoot explants

KN (mg/l)

NAA (mg/l)

Shoot no. per explant

Leaf no. per explant

Shoot length (cm) (no. ±SD)

0

0

1.20 ± 1.00efg

2.33 ± 1.15f

2.67 ± 1.14a

0.5

0.01

3.43 ± 1.41a

7.97 ± 4.18bc

0.68 ± 0.26b

0.5

0.1

2.47 ± 1.36bc

5.33 ± 3.65bcde

0.68 ± 0.24b

0.5

0.5

2.33 ± 1.85cd

7.20 ± 7.44bcd

0.50 ± 0.28bc

1.0

0.01

2.20 ± 1.81cde

9.33 ± 10.56a

0.59 ± 0.39bc

1.0

0.1

1.20 ± .96efg

3.10 ± 3.28df

0.36 ± 0.22c

1.0

0.5

1.23 ± 1.04efg

3.67 ± 5.06cde

0.57 ± 0.40bc

1.5

0.01

1.57 ± 1.28cdefg

4.23 ± 6.63cde

0.46 ± 0.28bc

1.5

0.1

1.97 ± 1.50cdef

5.10 ± 6.58bcde

0.47 ± 0.20bc

1.5

0.5

1.43 ± 1.31defg

2.23 ± 3.10f

0.48 ± 0.40bc

2.0

0.01

1.23 ± .73efg

1.90 ± 1.03f

0.50 ± 0.21bc

2.0

0.1

1.10 ± 0.96fg

2.40 ± 4.42f

0.47 ± 0.28bc

2.0

0.5

1.10 ± 0.183fg

2.57 ± 2.08f

0.53 ± 0.22bc

2.5

0.01

1.00 ± 0.31fg

1.63 ± 1.03f

0.55 ± 0.28bc

2.5

0.1

1.00 ± 0.38fg

1.53 ± .94f

0.47 ± 0.27bc

2.5

0.5

1.00 ± 0.48fg

1.23 ± 1.19c

0.36 ± 0.29c

Overall means

1.57 ± 1.36B

3.96 ± 5.40A

0.51 ± 0.30C

  1. Numbers within the same column with different letter(s) are significantly different from each other according to Tukey’s multiple range tests at P ≤ 0.05. The upper case letters indicate the overall means. The values represent mean ± standard deviation