Assessing the Efficacy of Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics in Controlling Bacterial Contamination in the In Vitro Micropropagation of Ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc)
Table 1
Effect of surface disinfectants on contamination and survival of shoot tip explants of ginger (Z. officinale Rosc).
Treatment
No. of clean explants
No. of survived explants
Disinfectant
Time (in min)
Mean (SD)
%
Mean (SD)
%
RBK (0.25% w/v)
30
4.33 (0.58)c
43
5.68 (0.58)b
57
45
4.00 (1.00)c
40
4.68 (0.58)bc
47
60
3.33 (0.58)c
33
5.68 (0.58)b
57
NaOCl (0.50% v/v)
10
3.67 (0.58)c
37
3.68 (0.58)c
37
20
8.00 (1.73)a
80
7.33 (0.58)a
73
30
6.33 (0.58)b
63
7.00 (1.00)a
70
Ethanol (70% v/v)
5
4.66 (0.58)c
47
7.33 (0.58)a
73
10
3.66 (0.58)c
37
7.00 (1.00)a
70
15
4.33 (1.15)
43
6.33 (0.58)ab
63
Means in the same column with different letters are statistically significantly different at ; SD: standard deviation.
