Z. of cinale were successfully established on MS medium supplemented with a range of 1.0–3.0 mg/l BAP. Moreover, and in same respect, Panda et al. [23] reported that using BAP alone with Curcuma amada gave the maximum number of shoots per explant. Further as mentioned by Buah et al. [5] the ef ciency of BAP as a marked growth regulator on shoot formation
compared to kinetin and 2ip may be attributed to its high