In vitro propagation of Securidaca longipedunculata (Fresen) from shoot tip: an endangered medicinal plant

Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

Table 7 Effect of MS salt strength and different auxin concentrations on number of roots per shoot and root length of S. longipedunculata

Salt strength	IAA (mg/l)	NAA (mg/l)	IBA (mg/l)	Root number per shoot	Root length (cm)
Full strength	0	0	0	0.0 ± 0^g	0.0 ± 0^h
	0.5	0	0	3.53 ± 0.44^a	0.21 ± 0.17^bde
	1	0	0	3.06 ± 0.33^ab	0.19 ± 0.01^cd
	2	0	0	3.73 ± 0.69^a	0.26 ± 0.02^b
	3	0	0	3.10 ± 0.33^ab	0.34 ± 0.02^a
	0	0.5	0	0.83 ± 0.13^f	0.08 ± 0.01^f
	0	1	0	3.56 ± 0.58^a	0.33 ± 0.04^a
	0	2	0	2.10 ± 0.25^be	0.15 ± 0.01^def
	0	3	0	1.46 ± 0.36^e	0.12 ± 0.02^eg
	0	0	0.5	0.76 ± 0.13^f	0.12 ± 0.02^eg
	0	0	1	1.33 ± 0.21^e	0.22 ± 0.03^bc
	0	0	2	1.13 ± 0.19^e	0.18 ± 0.03^ce
	0	0	3	1.76 ± 0.26^cde	0.23 ± 0.03^bde
Half strength	0.5	0	0	2.43 ± 0.22^bd	0.33 ± 0.03^a
	1	0	0	2.30 ± 0.16^be	0.17 ± 0.01^cf
	2	0	0	2.66 ± 0.34^b	0.19 ± 0.01^cf
	3	0	0	2.36 ± 0.23^be	0.26 ± 0.02^b
	0	0.5	0	0.50 ± 0.09^fg	0.07 ± 0.01^g
	0	1	0	2.50 ± 0.29^bc	0.26 ± 0.03^bd
	0	2	0	1.73 ± 0.16^cdf	0.12 ± 0.01^eg
	0	3	0	0.83 ± 0.11^f	0.09 ± 0.01^fg
	0	0	0.5	0.50 ± 0.09^f	0.07 ± 0.01^g
	0	0	1	0.96 ± 0.13^ef	0.14 ± 0.02^de
	0	0	2	0.73 ± 0.16^f	0.09 ± 0.02^fg
	0	0	3	1.20 ± 0.06^e	0.12 ± 0.01^eg

Means followed by the same superscript letters within a column are not significantly different at 5% probability level