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Table 1 Effect of 2,4-D and kinetin concentrations on callus induction on zygotic embryo cultures.

From: Induction of somatic embryos in cultures of Asparagus racemosus Willd: an endangered medicinally important plant

S. no.	Growth regulators (mg L⁻¹)		% of explants* producing CEC
S. no.	2,4-D	Kn	% of explants* producing CEC
1.	0	0	4
2.	1.1	0	15
3.	1.5	0	45.2
4.	2.2	0	33.9
5.	1.1	0.43	54.4
6.	1.5	0.43	73.5
7.	2.2	0.43	61.7

^*Twenty-four replicates per treatment, repeated thrice
Only cultures incubated in dark produced compact embryogenic callus (CEC)

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