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Therefore, the objective of the present study was to establish an efficient micropropagation technique to mass-produce Philodendron \u2018White Knight\u2019 to meet the market demand. We investigate the impact of silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) on the surface sterilization of Philodendron \u2018White Knight\u2019 petioles, the role of plant growth regulators in adventitious shoot regeneration and shoot multiplication, and the effect of auxins on the rooting ability of Philodendron \u2018White Knight\u2019 microshoots. There are few stages in plant micropropagation. The establishment of aseptic culture is the first and most important stage. For Philodendron \u2018White Knight\u2019, aseptic petiole explants (100%) were obtained after treatment with 40 mg L\u22121 Ag NPs for 60 min. This was followed by adventitious shoot induction, and the highest rate of adventitious shoot induction (52.6%) and the maximum shoot number (13.9 shoots per petiole) were achieved on Murashige and Skoog shoot multiplication B (MS-B) medium with 20 \u00b5M of 2-isopentenyl adenine (2-IP) and 5.0 \u00b5M of naphthalene acetic acid (NAA). The shoot multiplication stage was achieved with the highest number of shoots (34 shoots per shoot tip) with a length of 5.1 cm, which was obtained on MS-B medium with 5.0 \u00b5M 2-IP and 2.5 \u00b5M NAA. All the microshoots produced roots during the root induction stage with the maximum root number (8.2 roots per shoot), and the greatest plantlet height (9.1 cm) was achieved on half-strength Murashige and Skoog medium containing indole-3-butyric acid (10.0 \u03bcM). The rooted plantlets of Philodendron \u2018White Knight\u2019 were transplanted into a substrate composed of 10% peat moss, 50% orchid stone, and 40% coconut husk chips and acclimatized in a greenhouse environment, achieving a survival rate of 100%. This micropropagation protocol can be used for the commercial production of Philodendron \u2018White Knight\u2019.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/plants14111714","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,4]],"date-time":"2025-06-04T10:10:16Z","timestamp":1749031816000},"page":"1714","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Micropropagation of Philodendron \u2018White Knight\u2019 via Shoot Regeneration from Petiole Explants"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Iro","family":"Kang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7447-6392","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Iyyakkannu","family":"Sivanesan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Environmental Health Science, Institute of Natural Science and Agriculture, Konkuk University, 1 Hwayang-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"(2025, May 08). 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