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Table 4 Effect of auxins on rooting of microshoots regenerated from media supplemented with TDZ, kinetin, and BAP in cultivar Atinwewe after 2 weeks

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

Auxins conc. (ÎĽM

Nb. of microshoot

TDZ

Kinetin

BAP

Number of roots

Roots length (cm)

Number of roots

Roots length (cm)

Number of roots

Roots length (cm)

0

30

9.03 ± 0.08b

4.65 ± 0.02a

4.87 ± 0.02c

2.16 ± 0.02c

3.88 ± 0.02d

2.56 ± 0.03a

IBA- 1

30

2.27 ± 0.03g

1.42 ± 0.03e

2.23 ± 0.02h

1.28 ± 0.02f

4.05 ± 0.05c

1.25 ± 0.02c

IBA-5

30

8.22 ± 0.03c

1.91 ± 0.02c

4.27 ± 0.02d

2.03 ± 0.05d

7.21 ± 0.03a

0.97 ± 0.02e

IBA-10

30

1.75 ± 0.02h

1.54 ± 0.02d

8.06 ± 0.12b

2.66 ± 0.03a

3.56 ± 0.02e

1.09 ± 0.03d

IBA-20

30

17.26 ± 0.03a

2.69 ± 0.06b

9.24 ± 0.06a

2.34 ± 0.01b

3.82 ± 0.02d

1.06 ± 0.03d

NAA-1

30

2.55 ± 0.05f

0.61 ± 0.03f

2.54 ± 0.05g

1.68 ± 0.02e

2.75 ± 0.02g

0.55 ± 0.02g

NAA-5

30

4.84 ± 0.01d

0.42 ± 0.03g

3.65 ± 0.02e

1.51 ± 0.02e

2.66 ± 0.03g

0.65 ± 0.02f

NAA-10

30

3.81 ± 0.02e

1.45 ± 0.02e

2.34 ± 0.02h

1.18 ± 0.02g

3.45 ± 0.05f

0.93 ± 0.03e

NAA-20

30

2.21 ± 0.02g

0.44 ± 0.02g

3.03 ± 0.03f

1.24 ± 0.02fg

4.75 ± 0.02b

1.38 ± 0.02b

  1. *Means followed by the same letter are not significantly different at P ≤ 0.05