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116 KKU Science Journal Volume 39 Number 1 Research<br />
Table 1. Effect of the chitosan concentration on increasing weight of protocorm after 4 weeks of culturing.<br />
Concentration of chitosan Fresh weight<br />
(mg/l)<br />
(g)/flask<br />
Physical characteristic of protocorm<br />
0 0.61 green color and globular shape<br />
5 0.63 green color and globular shape<br />
10 0.65 green color and sharp-tip shape<br />
15 0.67 green color and one leaf emerge from top of protocorm<br />
20 0.65 green color and sharp-tip shape<br />
25 0.65 green color change to yellow color<br />
Data are shown as the mean and are derived from three replications.<br />
Figure 1. Protocorms developed in liquid VW medium supplemented with different concentrations of<br />
chitosan; 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 mg/l (from left to right) after 4 weeks of culture.<br />
Table 2. The effect of different concentrations of chitosan on protocorm growth developing on VW<br />
medium after culturing for 12 weeks.<br />
Concentration of Average number Average number Average number<br />
Fresh weight<br />
chitosan of leaves of roots of shoots<br />
(g)/plantlet<br />
(mg/l) (leaves/plantlet) (roots/plantlet) (shoots/plantlet)<br />
0 3.3+0.87ab* 2.0+0.78b 1.1+0.28b 0.10+0.05a<br />
5 3.2+1.03b 2.3+0.90ab 1.1+0.26b 0.12+0.07a<br />
10 3.8+1.88ab 2.3+0.97ab 1.2+0.58ab 0.14+0.15a<br />
15 4.3+2.92a 2.5+1.21a 1.5+1.03a 0.11+0.05a<br />
20 3.1+0.86c 2.1+0.72b 1.1+0.26b 0.10+0.08a<br />
25 3.4+0.81ab 2.0+0.85b 1.0+0.18b 0.10+0.05a<br />
*Each value represented the mean +SD of replicated explants which were recorded after 12 weeks of culture.<br />
The different letters indicated significant different at p< 0.05 by DMRT.