Germination and Plantlet Regeneration of Encapsulated Microshoots of Aromatic Rice (Oryza sativa L. Cv. MRQ 74)

Table 1

Growth response of encapsulated microshoots of Oryza sativa L. Cv. MRQ 74 in different capsule matrix after being transplanted onto MS media for 10 and 30 days.

Capsule matrix	Germination rate (after 10 days) (%±SE)	Plantlets survival rate (after 30 days) (%±SE)
Control	100.00±0.00a	90.00±0.55a
Ca-free MS + distilled water	100.00±0.00a	93.33±0.48b
Ca-free MS + 3% sucrose	100.00±0.00a	100.00±0.00d
Ca-free MS + 3% sucrose + 0.1 mg/L BAP + 0.1 mg/L NAA	100.00±0.00a	96.67±0.48c

Mean ± SE, 𝑛=30. Mean with the same letter in the columns are not significantly different at 𝑃=0.05.