An Improved Micropropagation Protocol by Ex Vitro Rooting of Passiflora edulis Sims. f. flavicarpa Deg. through Nodal Segment Culture

Table 1

Effect of cytokinins (BAP and Kin) on induction of shoots from explants of P. edulis after 4 weeks.

Conc. of BAP; (mgL^−1)	Conc. of Kin.; (mgL^−1)	Number of shoots/explant; (mean ± SD)	Response (%)
Control (0.0)	(0.0)	0.00 ± 0.00	(0.0)
1.0	—	6.02 ± 0.37^d	93
2.0	—	8.21 ± 1.13^f	100
3.0	—	7.23 ± 0.71^e	100
4.0	—	7.56 ± 0.56^e	99
5.0	—	6.19 ± 0.45^d	91
—	1.0	2.51 ± 0.33^a	73
—	2.0	3.20 ± 0.57^bc	87
—	3.0	2.73 ± 1.68^ab	85
—	4.0	3.19 ± 0.83^bc	79
—	5.0	3.74 ± 0.23^c	64

The Experiments were carried out with 10 replicates and repeated thrice. Mean separation was analyzed by ANOVA using SPSS software (var. 16.0) and significance variation between the concentrations was studied using DMRT at 0.05% level. Superscript letters denote the highest/lowest significant value within the concentrations/groups in this study. The same superscript letters are not significantly different according to DMRT at .