Use of Coconut Water As a Growth Regulator for Tea Cuttings (Camellia Sinensis)

News source: Center for Tea and Quinine Research, Gambung, Indonesia, 2001-01-01

Coconut Water As Growth Regulator

Coconut water is an agricultural by-product that can be used not only as a beverage and as a growing medium in tissue culture, but also as a growth regulator. It contains useful compounds such as nicothinate acid, auxin, gibberellin, pyridoxine and thiamin.

Increases Percentage of Tea Cuttings Which Root

Research has indicated that the application of coconut water at a rate of 2.5 % - 10 % (v/v) is able to increase by up to 95.83 % the number of tea cuttings which successfully root

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