Paclobutrazol has a similar effect as imazalil:

• it enhances the shoot inducing effect of BA

• without BA it shows no cytokinin effect

(40 µM PBZ reduces the growth of the meristems too much)

		BA (µM)
		0	10
PBZ (µM)	0	0.1 a	12.6 b
	10	0.5 a	33.5 c
	40	0 a	17.2 c

Table: interaction of paclobutrazol (PBZ)
with BA regarding the number of new
shoots per explant after a culture period
of 10 weeks. Means followed by the same
letter are not significant different (LSD95%)