Research Article

Efficient In Vitro Propagation by Ex Vitro Rooting Methods of Artemisia absinthium L., an Ethnobotanically Important Plant

Table 2

Shoot amplification on MS medium supplemented with different concentrations of cytokinins + 0.1 mg/L NAA.

Plant growth regulators (mg/L)Number of shoots (mean ± SD)Shoot length (cm) (mean ± SD)
KnBAPNAA

0.000.000.0000.0 ± 0.000.0 ± 0.00
0.250.118.6 ± 1.032.6 ± 1.38
0.500.123.0 ± 0.283.9 ± 0.96
1.000.132.7 ± 0.464.4 ± 0.52
1.500.128.4 ± 0.214.1 ± 0.86
2.000.125.1 ± 0.203.7 ± 0.50

0.250.125.4 ± 0.942.8 ± 0.73
0.500.133.6 ± 0.224.3 ± 0.67
1.000.138.0 ± 0.545.6 ± 0.26
1.500.135.9 ± 0.825.0 ± 0.39
2.000.130.7 ± 0.294.5 ± 0.42

0.250.250.136.1 ± 0.764.1 ± 0.64
0.500.500.141.0 ± 0.525.6 ± 0.42
1.001.000.143.7 ± 0.397.4 ± 0.26
1.501.500.140.5 ± 0.226.0 ± 0.44
2.002.000.138.8 ± 0.175.5 ± 0.27

Note: each value represents the mean ± SD of ten replicates. Mean values ± SD followed by the same superscripts within columns are not significantly different at level by Duncan’s Multiple Range Test (DMRT).