After giving a final trimming at the cut ends, the nodal cuttings were cultured on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium[17] supplemented with various concentration of 6-benzyladenine (BA) or kinetin (Kn; 1.0-4.0 mg/L) alone or in combination with α-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA; 0.2- 1.0 mg/L).