Table 1 Effect of PGRs on axillary shoot proliferation of Portulaca pilosa after culture for 30 days.

From: Adventitious shoot organogenesis from leaf explants of Portulaca pilosa L.

PGRs (µM)

Shoot proliferation coefficient

Visible appearance

Control

4.7 ± 0.2 c

Rooted, axillary shoots

KIN 1.0

5.1 ± 0.2 b

Rooted, axillary shoots

KIN 3.0

5.3 ± 0.3 b

Rooted, axillary shoots

KIN 5.0

5.2 ± 0.3 b

Rooted, axillary shoots

BA 1.0

5.6 ± 0.2 ab

No rooted, callus, multiple shoots

BA 3.0

6.2 ± 0.3 a

No rooted, callus multiple shoots

BA 5.0

5.8 ± 0.2 ab

No rooted, callus, multiple shoots

TDZ 1.0

3.1 ± 0.2 d

No rooted, callus, leaf hyperhydicity

TDZ 3.0

3.3 ± 0.1 d

No rooted, callus, leaf hyperhydicity

TDZ 5.0

3.0 ± 0.1 d

No rooted, callus, leaf hyperhydicity

2,4-D 1.0

1.1 ± 0.1 e

No rooted, callus

2,4-D 3.0

1.1 ± 0.1 e

No rooted, callus

2,4-D 5.0

1.0 ± 0 e

No rooted, callus

  1. Every treatment had 30 shoots. Different letters within a column indicate significant differences according to Duncan’s multiple range test (P < 0.05).