Plant regeneration through somatic embryogenesis in cell suspensions of Cenchrus ciliaris L.

Table 1 Effect of inoculums on cell suspension growth in liquid MS with 3 mg l⁻¹ 2,4-D and 0.5 mg l⁻¹ BAP

S. no.	Inoculum (g l⁻¹)	Final fresh weight (g l⁻¹)	Growth rate (%)	Dry weight (g l⁻¹)	Packed cell volume (%)
1	5	16.22 ± 0.44^e	224.35 ± 8.85^c	1.78 ± 0.16^e	1.10 ± 0.21^d
2	10	89.99 ± 1.89^a	799.99 ± 18.95^a	9.86 ± 0.26^a	11.67 ± 1.20^a
3	15	87.78 ± 0.78^a	485.18 ± 5.19^b	9.72 ± 0.24^a	8.63 ± 0.33^b
4	20	64.44 ± 1.25^b	222.20 ± 6.26^c	7.01 ± 0.23^b	4.90 ± 0.58^c
5	25	54.77 ± 0.29^c	119.09 ± 1.18^d	5.97 ± 0.27^c	2.70 ± 0.47^d
6	30	47.33 ± 0.51^d	57.77 ± 1.69^e	5.17 ± 0.26^d	1.86 ± 0.15^d

A total of 3 flasks were considered as one event for each reading and every inoculum
Mean ± SE followed by different letters in superscript for a column is significantly different at P ≤ 0.05 according to Duncan’s multiple range test (DMRT)

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