Table 4. Effect of culture medium on somatic embryo formation from suspension cultures of Coffea arabica L. cv. Catuaí after 8 weeks of culture using Petri dishes and RITA® containers. |
Culture medium |
Number of somatic embryos |
Fresh weight |
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Somatic embryos |
Embryogenic callus |
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R |
307.6 ± 49.0 a |
9.6 ± 1.5 a |
1.15 ± 0.2 b |
S3 |
12.0 ± 5.2 b |
0.4 ± 0.2 b |
3.5 0.4 a |
Same letters within columns denote statistically equal means with the Duncan test at P < 0.05. |
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