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Table 1 The effect of different combination of kinetin and IBA on shoot multiplication

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

KN (mg/l)

IBA (mg/l)

Shoot no. per explant

leaf no. per explant

Shoot length (cm)

0.0

0.0

1.20 ± 1.00bc

2.33 ± 1.15def

2.67 ± 1.13a

0.5

0.01

2.27 ± 1.62a

6.60 ± 8.30bcd

1.10 ± 0.97b

0.5

0.1

2.30 ± 1.90a

7.73 ± 7.57a

1.08 ± 1.07b

0.5

0.5

2.03 ± 1.40bc

5.77 ± 6.15bcde

0.61 ± 0.31bc

1.0

0.01

1.83 ± 1.34bc

5.83 ± 7.01bcde

1.01 ± 0.72bc

1.0

0.1

2.20 ± 1.21a

6.77 ± 4.83bc

0.90 ± 0.55de

1.0

0.5

2.20 ± 1.73a

7.40 ± 7.14a

0.93 ± 0.98bc

1.5

0.01

2.03 ± 1.50bc

7.47 ± 6.50a

0.99 ± 0.84bc

1.5

0.1

1.23 ± .94bc

3.83 ± 4.31bcdef

0.82 ± 0.67bc

1.5

0.5

1.50 ± .94bc

2.15 ± 1.45def

0.89 ± 0.88bc

2.0

0.01

2.20 ± 3.39a

2.50 ± 2.08cdef

0.66 ± 0.36bc

2.0

0.1

1.23 ± 1.14bc

2.77 ± 3.90cdef

0.60 ± 0.43bc

2.0

0.5

1.67 ± 1.30bc

3.40 ± 3.77bcdef

0.71 ± 0.40bc

2.5

0.01

1.13 ± .94bc

2.57 ± 2.27cdef

0.53 ± 0.40bc

2.5

0.1

1.00 ± .64bc

1.53 ± 1.78ef

0.57 ± 0.46bc

2.5

0.5

1.00 ± .54c

1.00 ± 1.15f

0.44 ± 0.42c

Over all means

1.70 ± 1.58B

4.49 ± 5.55A

0.79 ± 0.70C

  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