MS Medium
+0.44 µM BAP
+ PVP (mg l-1)
Shoots(node-1) Length (mm)
(shoot-1)
Nodes(shoot-1)
  0.0   1.0± 0.0*a   12.0 ± 0.65b   2.2 ± 0.11a
  250.0   1.13 ± 0.09a   18.2 ± 0.71`a   2.4 ± 0.13a
  500.0   1.0 ± 0.0a   13.6 ± 0.59b   2.4 ± 0.13a
  1000   1.0 ± 0.0a   6.5 ± 0.42c   1.4 ± 0.13b

*Mean ± 1 SEM; Each experiment consisted of five replicates and repeated three times. The means separated using DMR (Costat; Version 4.02). Similar alphabets within a column do not differ significantly at P ≤ 0.05.
Table 2: Effect of PVP on shoot proliferation of S. suaveolens.