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

Table 4

Summary of landrace performance due to application of PGRs.

Parameter	Landrace and NAA : BAP combination (mg/l)
Days to root initiation	Chibanda and Chizambezi K (0.5 mg/l : 1 mg/l)
Days to shoot initiation	Chibanda and Chizambezi D (0 mg/l : 2 mg/l, H (0.2 mg/l : 2 mg/l) and L (0.5 mg/l : 2 mg/l		Chizambezi P (1 mg/l : 2 mg/l)
No. of shoots	Ndurwe and Musande G (0.2 mg/l : 1 mg/l) shoots were structurally small and short
No. of leaves	Chibanda, Chizambezi, and Ndurwe B–E (0 mg/l : 0.5 mg/l–0.2 mg/l : 0 mg/l)	Chizambezi I-J (0.5 mg/l : 0 mg/l–0.5 mg/l : 0.5 mg/l)	Ndurwe, Chizambezi, and Chibanda L-M (0.5 mg/l : 2 mg/l–1 mg/l : 0 mg/l)
No. of nodes	Chibanda and Ndurwe A–E 0 mg/l : 0 mg/l–0.2 mg/l : 0 mg/l	Chizambezi I (0.5 mg/l : 0 mg/l)	Chizambezi, Ndurwe, and Musande M (1 mg/l : 0 mg/l)	Musande O (1 mg/l : 1 mg/l)
Length of shoots	Musande and Ndurwe D–F (0 mg/l : 2 mg/l–0.2 mg/l : 0.5 mg/l)	Ndurwe M (1 mg/l : 0 mg/l)	Musande O (1 mg/l : 1 mg/l)