Research Article

Micropropagation, Micromorphological Studies, and In Vitro Flowering in Rungia pectinata L.

Table 4

Effect of auxins on in vitro root induction of R. pectinata on half strength MS medium.

PGR and its concentration (mg L−1)Response (%)Root number
(mean SD)
Root length (cm) (mean SD)

000.00 0.000.00 0.00

IAA
 1.0602.5 0.161.10 0.24
 2.0722.8 0.212.80 0.17
 3.0693.6 0.292.00 0.22
 4.0602.4 0.101.28 0.38

IBA
 1.0913.7 0.132.71 0.29
 2.0954.9 0.223.50 0.15
 3.0873.2 0.103.00 0.40
 4.0702.6 0.072.50 0.23

NAA
 1.0672.8 0.212.14 0.41
 2.0752.6 0.302.37 0.23
 3.0682.7 0.332.15 0.45
 4.0612.0 0.241.40 0.19

Note. Mean separation was analyzed by ANOVA using SPSS software (ver. 16.0); the values represented in corresponding column followed by same letters are not significantly different according to DMRT at P < 0.05.