Table 1. Effect of anther origin (field and fruity cuttings) on the embryogenic induction on Chée and Pool (1987) supplemented with 9 µM of 2,4-D and 11.35 µM of TDZ, independently from cultivars.


Unforced (field)

Forced (fruity cuttings)

 Anther necrosis

 35.6 ± 6.9 a

 14.8 ± 2.1 b

 Embryogenesis

 17.2 ± 3.7 b

 28.7 ± 8.0 a

In each row, means followed by different letters are significantly different at P < 0.05 according to Duncan’s multiple range tests.


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