Research Article

Effects of Sucrose and Other Additives on In Vitro Growth and Development of Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea L.)

Table 1

Weight (g) of plant parts of purple coneflower grown under different sucrose concentrations ( ).

Sucrose conc. %Whole plantLeavesPetioleRootsResidues

2 0.42a0.30a0.38ab0.10ab
31.69a0.56a0.36a0.61a0.12a
40.77b0.35a0.19a0.14b0.05b

Means followed by the same lower case letters in each column are not significantly different at 5% level in Duncan’s Multiple Range Test.