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

Table 3

Effect of landrace and explant on the average number of nodes per shoot.

Treatment	Number of nodes per shoot
Ndurwe leaf	1.67^a
Chizambezi shoot tip	1.78^a
Chibanda leaf	2.22^ab
Chibanda shoot tip	2.56^abc
Ndurwe node	2.67^abc
Chizambezi node	3.11^abcd
Chizambezi leaf	3.11^abcd
Musande leaf	3.67^bcd
Musande shoot tip	4.00^cd
Chibanda node	4.11^cd
Ndurwe shoot tip	4.11^cd
Musande node	4.56^d
	value	SED	LSD0.05
Landrace	0.024	0.5	0.993
Explant	0.098	0.43	NS
Explant x landrace interaction	0.054	0.87	1.72

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