Efficient In Vitro Propagation by Ex Vitro Rooting Methods of Artemisia absinthium L., an Ethnobotanically Important Plant
Table 3
Effect of auxins on in vitro root induction of A. absinthium shoots on 1/4th MS medium.
Auxins concentration (mg/L)
Number of roots/shoots (mean ± SD)
Root length (cm) (mean ± SD)
IAA
0.5
0.0 ± 0.00
0.00 ± 0.00
1.0
0.0 ± 0.00
0.00 ± 0.00
1.5
0.7 ± 0.35
1.00 ± 0.12
2.0
1.2 ± 0.22
1.35 ± 0.03
3.0
1.0 ± 0.30
1.70 ± 0.24
4.0
0.6 ± 0.32
1.32 ± 0.40
IBA
0.5
2.2 ± 0.44
2.37 ± 0.25
1.0
3.5 ± 0.30
3.12 ± 0.22
1.5
4.0 ± 0.41
3.78 ± 0.29
2.0
4.4 ± 0.35
4.53 ± 0.38
3.0
3.6 ± 0.27
3.95 ± 0.40
4.0
2.4 ± 0.41
3.50 ± 0.39
NOA
0.5
0.5 ± 0.36
1.41 ± 0.19
1.0
0.9 ± 0.20
1.96 ± 0.24
1.5
1.4 ± 0.47
2.55 ± 0.40
2.0
2.0 ± 0.62
2.79 ± 0.39
3.0
1.7 ± 0.42
1.63 ± 0.28
4.0
1.0 ± 0.39
1.04 ± 0.42
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).
