Table 1. Effects of growth regulators combined with three concentrations of sucrose on bulblet regeneration and rooting parameters of Lilium ledebourii in spring harvested bulbs.


Root length
(mm)

No. of roots
per bulblet

Rooting
(%)

Mean fresh wt (weight) of bulblet (mg)

No. of bulblets
per scale

Bulblet
formation (%)

Sucrose
(%)

NAA + BA
(mg l-1 )

7.67 cd

1.71 ab

57.0 c

41.5 d

2.25 cd

58.3 aa

3

0

9.72 bcd

1.55 ab

71.4 abc

43.2 d

4.27 ab

69.5 a

6

7.00 cd

1.00 b

26.7 d

59.6 cd

0.98 d

25.0 b

9

10.37 bcd

2.17 ab

60.9 bc

158.3 abc

5.41 a

80.6 a

3

0.1 + 0.1

17.32 ab

2.89 a

87.3 a

236.8 a

3.11 bc

63.9 a

6

10.96 bcd

2.73 a

80.9 ab

83.5 bcd

1.75 cd

33.3 b

9

5.99 d

1.10 a

75.0 abc

128.5 abcd

2.92 bc

83.3 a

3

0.5 + 0.5

15.09 abc

2.52 a

84.0 ab

113.6 bcd

3.67 b

61.1 a

6

20.82 a

2.73 a

77.0 abc

177.1 ab

1.25 d

25.0 b

9

aMean values followed by the same letters are not significantly different at the 5% level (Duncan's multiple range test).


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