Better Rooting Procedure to Enhance Survival Rate of Field Grown Malaysian Eksotika Papaya Transformed with 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-Carboxylic Acid Oxidase Gene

Table 4

Effects of De Fossard and MS basal agar media on rooting of putative transgenic papaya shoots.

Treatment IBA (μM)	Total number of shoots used	Rooting percentage (%)	Days to visible root	Number of primary roots	Mean roots length (cm)	Number of leaves abscised^3
4.9 (DF)	180	22.0	40	0.8^c	0.69^d	1.1^c
4.9 (MS)	60	46.0	30	2.2^a	1.32^b	1.1^a
9.8 (MS)	60	50.0	21	2.5^a	2.21^a	1.0^a
14.8 (MS)	60	12.0	60	0.9^b	0.95^c	1.3^a

Means with the same letters are not significantly different at 𝑃<.05.