Table 1 Effect of various elicitors (GA, NaCl and PEG) on steviosides content in shoot cultures of Stevia rebaudiana.

From: Elicitors directed in vitro growth and production of stevioside and other secondary metabolites in Stevia rebaudiana (Bertoni) Bertoni

Treatments

Steviosides content (μL/mL)

GA3 2.0 mg/L

67.32 ± 0.18 b

GA3 4.0 mg/L

70.38 ± 0.22 a

NaCl 50 mM

55.33 ± 0.44 d

NaCl 100 mM

71.94 ± 0.47 a

PEG 5%

71.89 ± 0.41 a

Standard meth

80.96 ± 0.22 a

Control

60.00 ± 0.34 c

  1. Mean data was collected from triplicate experiments after 30 days of explant incubation on Murashige and Skoog media. Mean values along with common alphabets with standard deviation (± SD) are significantly different at P > 0.05.
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