Table 2. Morphogenic response of explants.



Hormone composition

Morphogenic response

6-BA

2,4-D

Callus description

Average
#Shoots/Callus

0.3 mg/L

0.1 mg/L

Pale yellow, soft, quickly growing

0d*

0.5 mg/L

Yellow green, soft, quickly growing

0d

0.7 mg/L

Yellow green, quickly growing

2.00ab

1.0 mg/L

Yellow green, moderately growing

2.08a

1.3 mg/L

Green, hard, slowly growing

1.78bc

1.5 mg/L

Dark green, slowly growing

1.75c

2.0 mg/L

Difficult to form callus on the wound

0d

*Different letters in the same column indicate significant differences, 5% level, Duncan's multiple range test.


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