Research Article

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

Table 4

Effect of various roots inducing auxins on ex vitro root induction of in vitro regenerated shoots.

Auxins concentration (mg/L)Number of roots/shoots (mean ± SD)Root length (cm) (mean ± SD)

Control
 00.0 ± 0.000.00 ± 0.00
IAA
 502.4 ± 0.510.89 ± 0.33
 1002.7 ± 0.631.08 ± 0.49
 2004.3 ± 0.471.53 ± 0.31
 3004.4 ± 0.721.94 ± 0.20
 4004.0 ± 0.442.05 ± 0.46
 5003.3 ± 0.391.74 ± 0.43
IBA
 504.2 ± 0.934.64 ± 0.51
 1005.6 ± 0.595.08 ± 0.39
 2007.3 ± 0.406.84 ± 0.24
 3006.0 ± 0.455.95 ± 0.19
 4005.8 ± 0.495.42 ± 0.17
 5005.4 ± 0.335.00 ± 0.28
NOA
 501.5 ± 0.592.74 ± 0.39
 1001.9 ± 0.733.20 ± 0.45
 2002.5 ± 0.843.49 ± 0.38
 3002.3 ± 0.873.15 ± 0.31
 4001.8 ± 0.512.97 ± 0.29
 5001.4 ± 0.492.72 ± 0.20

Note: treatment duration: 5 min. 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).