Micropropagation of an Exotic Ornamental Plant, Calathea crotalifera, for Production of High Quality Plantlets

Table 5

Effects of apex damage on production of microshoots in C. crotalifera (CCR and CCY).

Apex damage	Shoot production (%)		Number of microshoots		Height of shoot (cm)
	CCY	CCR	CCY	CCR	CCY	CCR
Longitudinal section	100.0	100.0	8.0 ± 0.9	8.7 ± 0.8	4.0 ± 0.5	3.9 ± 0.3
Cross section	50.0	50.0	1.0 ± 0.3	0.9 ± 0.3	0.7 ± 0.1	0.5 ± 0.1