(BA) alone or in combination with 0.5 mg/l of -
naphthalene acetic acid (NAA), with or without 0.2%
AC, 15% coconut water (CW) and 0.7% agar. Ten
explants were put in each culture bottle and six culture
bottles were used for each treatment. The percentage
of PLB formation and the number of PLBs per explant
were recorded after 8 weeks of culture. The proliferation
rate was also calculated after 10 weeks of culture.
For plantlets developed from PLBs, the cluster of
PLBs (3–5 PLBs) were cultured on ½ MS medium
without any plant growth regulators or supplemented
with 1 mg/l BA in combination with 0.5 mg/l NAA,
15% CW, 0.2% AC, and 0.7% agar. The number of
shoots was recorded after 3 months of culture.
All cultures were maintained at 252 °C under a
16 h photoperiod with light at an intensity of 10 μmol
m