Table 3 The effect of interaction between sucrose and kinetin on development of in vitro potato microtubers
Characters of microtuberization | Sucrose concentration (g/l) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
30 | 60 | 90 | ||||
With kin | Without kin | With kin | Without kin | With kin | Without kin | |
No. of days to begin tuberization | 18 ± 0.57735b | 25 ± 0.57735a | 8 ± 0.57735c | 8 ± 0.57735c | 8 ± 0.57735c | 8 ± 0.57735c |
No. of days to reach 50% tuberization | 25 ± 0.57735b | 39 ± 0.5773a | 16 ± 0.5773e | 20 ± 0.5773c | 13 ± 0.5773f | 18 ± 0.5773d |
% of tuberization after 8 weeks | 75 ± 1.258306 b | 67 ± 0.737111c | 100 ± 0.5773a | 75 ± 0.57735b | 100 ± 0.5 a | 100 ± 0.57735a |
No of tubers per plantlet after 8 w | 1.2 ± 0.5773a | 1 ± 0.5773a | 1.3 ± 0.5773 a | 1.2 ± 0.5773 a | 1.5 ± 0.5773 a | 1.3 ± 0.5773 a |
Weight of microtubers | 16.6 ± 0.288675e | 11.8 ± 0.1154f | 57.7 ± 0.3464c | 28.3 ± 0.3464b | 63 ± 1.73205a | 33.7 ± 0.17320d |