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


Cultivars

Embryogenesis
induction

 ‘Arich Ahmar’

 19.2 ± 2.9 bc

 ‘Arich Dressé’

 23.6 ± 3.2 bc

 ‘Asli’

 18.0 ± 2.2 bc

 ‘Kahli Kerkennah’

 15.6 ± 1.1 c

 ‘Kahli Sfax’

 16.8 ± 1.7 bc

 ‘Khamri Tozeur’

 24 ± 3.7 b

 ‘Muscat Raf-raf’

 34.8 ± 7.2 a

 ‘Turky’

 31.6 ± 4.7 a

Means followed by different letters are significantly different at P < 0.05 according to Duncan’s multiple range tests.


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