Table 2 - Wild ornamental germplasm exploration and domestication based on biotechnological approaches. In vitro colchicine treatment to obtain a new cultivar of Scoparia montevidiensis

Table 2. Number of shoots per explants in five Scoparia species.

Species	No. of shoots (mean ± SD)^z
S. dulcis	12.0 ± 2.7 a
S. hasleriana	-- ^y
S. montevidiensis var glandulifera	10.4 ± 2.5 a
S. montevidiensis var montevidiensis	11.2 ± 2.7 a
S. nudicaulis	10.2 ± 2.96 a

MS medium supplemented with 0.25 mg/l BAP.
^z Same letters in the column indicated no significant differences.
^y No shoots were developed.