MS Medium
+ 0.44 µM BAP
+ AC(mg l-l)
Shoots(node-1)  Length (mm)
(shoot-1)  
Nodes(shoot-1)  
  0.0   1.0± 0.0*a   12.0 ± 0.65c   2.2 ± 0.11b
  100.0   1.26 ± 0.18a   22.3 ± 0.66a   3.6 ± 0.13a
  200.0   1.0 ± 0.0a   18.2 ± 0.71b   2.4 ±0.13b
  400.0   1.0 ± 0.0a   11.0 ± 0.98c   2.0 ± 0.16b

*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 3: Effect of activated charcoal (AC) on shoot proliferation of S. suaveolens.