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

Table 7

Effects of activated charcoal and glutamine on concentration of leaf pigments in yellow C. crotalifera (CCY).

Media	Chlorophyll a (µg/mL)	Chlorophyll b (µg/mL)	Carotenoid (µg/mL)
3510	10.873 ± 0.256^a	11.194 ± 0.069^A	4.695 ± 0.073^a
MSC1	20.386 ± 1.349^d	13.801 ± 0.508^D	7.050 ± 0.596^c
MSC2	17.030 ± 0.702^c	12.713 ± 0.165^C	6.274 ± 0.225^bc
MSC3	16.830 ± 0.553^c	12.513 ± 0.243^BC	6.074 ± 0.175^b
3510 G03	11.430 ± 0.591^a	11.755 ± 0.331^ABC	4.914 ± 0.167^a
3510 G05	11.687 ± 0.728^a	11.389 ± 0.160^AB	4.805 ± 0.210^a
3510 G10	14.056 ± 0.131^b	11.882 ± 0.085^ABC	5.535 ± 0.052^ab
3510 G20	14.016 ± 0.120^b	11.662 ± 0.175^ABC	5.315 ± 0.173^ab
3510 1C	21.520 ± 1.116^d	15.025 ± 0.766^E	7.990 ± 0.536^d
3510 G1C	22.380 ± 0.839^d	15.825 ± 0.492^E	8.190 ± 0.433^d

Mean ± SE, n = 10. Different letters indicate significant differences between media at P = 0.05.