Table 1 Effect of parent plant ages and corm proportions on shoot regeneration/multiplication capacity parameters of enset (Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman)

1

Whole

42.66 ± 5^a

70 ± 4^a

43 ± 3^h

Half

36.66 ± 2^cd

64 ± 2^cde

65.66 ± 3.6^fgh

Quarter

40.66 ± 3^ab

68 ± 2^ab

62 ± 5.7^gh

2

Whole

40 ± 4^ab

68 ± 3^ab

95.66 ± 5.4^fg

Half

32.66 ± 1^e

62.66 ± 0^efg

160 ± 12.6^de

Quarter

36 ± 2^d

66.66 ± 1^bc

245.33 ± 22.6^bcd

3

Whole

39 ± 3^bc

66 ± 3^bcd

97.66 ± 9.3^f

Half

32.66 ± 1^e

60 ± 0^g

195.66 ± 23^cd

Quarter

36 ± 2^d

63.33 ± 1^def

443.33 ± 36^a

4

Whole

39.33 ± 3^bc

66.66 ± 2^bc

102 ± 19^ef

Half

32.66 ± 2^e

60.66 ± 0^fg

252.33 ± 27^bc

Quarter

36 ± 2^d

64.66 ± 1^cde

340 ± 42^ab

LSD (5%)

2.46

2.23

117

CV (%)

3.92

2.02

5.49