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Table 7 Effect of Murashige and Skooge salts (MS) solution strength on growth measurements of date palm plants after 24 weeks in greenhouse conditions

From: High-frequency direct somatic embryogenesis and plantlet regeneration from date palm immature inflorescences using picloram

MS strength

Leaf number

Leaf width (cm)

Plant length (cm)

Growth vigor

Root number

Root thickness

¼ MS

4.1 b

1.8 c

29.4 a

3.8 b

3.7 c

2.3 c

½ MS

4.5 ab

2.1 b

31. 8 a

4.2 b

4.8 b

3.8 b

Full MS

4.9 a

2.5 a

32.5 a

5.0 a

6.3 a

5.0 a

  1. Means with different letters within each column are significantly different at 5%