Micropropagation of Livingstone Potato (Plectranthus esculentus N.E.Br)

Table 2

Effect of landrace and explant on the average shoot number.

Treatment	Shoot number
Ndurwe leaf	0.56^a
Chibanda leaf	0.67^a
Musande leaf	0.78^a
Ndurwe shoot tip	0.89^ab
Chibanda shoot tip	0.89^ab
Chizambezi node	0.89^ab
Chizambezi leaf	0.89^ab
Chibanda node	1.00^abc
Chizambezi shoot tip	1.22^abc
Ndurwe node	1.56^bc
Musande shoot tip	1.67^cd
Musande node	2.33^d
	value	SED	LSD0.05
Landrace	0.002	0.198	0.395
Explant	<0.001	0.172	0.342
Explant x landrace interaction	0.044	0.345	0.684

Means followed by the same letters in a column are not significantly different at LSD (0.05)