Effect of Growth Regulators on In Vitro Micropropagation of Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Gudiene and Belete Varieties from Ethiopia

Table 2

The effect of various concentrations of BAP and Kinetin on in vitro shoot multiplication in potato Gudiene and Belete varieties.

Variety	Growth regulators (mg/l)		Mean no. of nodes/explants	No. of shoots/explants	Mean no. of shoot length (cm)
	BAP	Kin
Gudiene	0	0	00	00	00
	1.0	1.0	6.40	7.77	7.15
	1.5	1.5	5.41	4.60	5.31
	2.0	2.0	4.29	3.71	4.21
	2.5	2.5	7.72	8.11	7.64
	1.0	Absent	8.33	8.33	5.50
	1.5		4.67	6.00	4.50
	2.0		3.67	5.33	4.08
	2.5		3.70	5.35	4.10
	Absent	1.0	5.67	5.00	4.67
		1.5	6.33	6.00	4.67
		2.0	7.00	6.67	5.83
		2.5	6.31	6.02	4.65
Belete	0	0	00	00	00
	1.0	1.0	6.67	7.00	6.83
	1.5	1.5	4.67	4.67	5.17
	2.0	2.0	3.67	4.00	4.50
	2.5	2.5	4.60	4.61	5.14
	1.0	Absent	7.3	6.67	5.00
	1.5		5.00	5.33	4.33
	2.0		5.33	5.00	4.17
	2.5		5.02	5.35	4.30
	Absent	1.0	6.33	5.67	4.67
		1.5	6.67	7.00	5.33
		2.0	7.67	8.33	7.33
		2.5	7.68	8.35	7.36
LSD
	1.02		1.02	0.83
CV (%)
	10.96		10.99	10.90

Values represent the mean of three replications.