Shoot formation was observed following all the cytokinin treatments except the TDZ treatments in ‘Imperial Green’. For all cultivars, production of shoot clusters at the nodes was observed in the presence of Kn or BA. The shoots produced in the presence of Kn were comparatively larger (Fig. 2a) than those in the BA treatment (Fig. 2b), and the shoots developed roots on the Kn-supplemented medium (Fig. 2a). When TDZ was used, shoot formation was initiated with the appearance of green buds, which then later grew into leaf-like structures in the bud tips and developed into leafy shoots for ‘Imperial Red’ and ‘Imperial Rainbow’, or which failed to convert into shoots in the case of ‘Imperial Green’ (Fig. 2c).