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In vitro culture initiation and multiplication<br />

Significantly more shoots were produced on a medium supplemented with 23.2 M<br />

kinetin than a medium supplemented with 2.3 or 4.7 µM kinetin (Figure 5.6). Tukey’s<br />

HSD test revealed that the number <strong>of</strong> shoots formed on a medium supplemented<br />

with 23.2 M kinetin were significantly higher than on a medium supplemented with<br />

2.3 M kinetin (N = 14, 18; Mean difference = -3.42857; SE = 0.97832, p = 0.003). It<br />

also revealed that the number <strong>of</strong> shoots generated on a medium supplemented with<br />

23.2 M kinetin was significantly higher than on 4.7 M kinetin (N = 16, 18; Mean<br />

difference = -3.12500; SE = 0.94330, p = 0.005).<br />

Figure 5.6: Effect <strong>of</strong> kinetin concentration on shoot production <strong>of</strong> Romulea sabulosa after 2<br />

months. Error bars indicate standard error <strong>of</strong> the mean. Letters shows significance differences<br />

between treatments according to Tukey’s HSD test.<br />

Although it appeared that some cultures were embryogenic (Figure 5.7), sections <strong>of</strong><br />

tissue presumed to exhibit direct and indirect embryogenesis did unfortunately not<br />

reveal any embryo initials and it was concluded that these cultures were not<br />

embryogenic, but formed abnormal shoot-like structures lacking chlorophyll.<br />

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