micropropagation studies in dracaena and cordyline - ETD ...

Table 2: Effect of explants types on culture establishment and number of shoots formed in Cordyline and Dracaena
Sl. No. Explants type
1
2
3
Shoot tip
Nodal cuttings
Leaf base
No of days taken for initiation of
growth
Percentage response No of shoots produced/explant
Cordyline Dracaena Cordyline Dracaena Cordyline Dracaena
7.6
15.6
-
-
-
-
97.1 (84.7)
78.3 (61.7)
T test (1%) NS S NS
Figures in parenthesis indicate arcsine transformed values
Leaf base explants did not show any response
-
0
0
0
1.0
1.6
-
0
0
0