Received 5 April 2008, accepted 1 December 2008. Abbreviations: BA - 6-benzyladenine; GA3 - gibberellic acid; IAA - indole-3-acetic acid; IBA - indole-3-butyric acid; MS - Murashige and Skoog; NAA - naphthalene acetic acid; PBU - N-phenyl-N’-[6-(2-chlorobenzothiazol)-yl] urea; TDZ - 1-phenyl-3-(1,2,3-thiadiazol-5-yl) urea (thidiazuron); 2,4-D - 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid. Acknowledgements: The research was supported by the Natural Science Foundation (5011730) and Science and Technology Tackle Key Problem (2006B20101011) of Guangdong province. * Corresponding author; e-mail: zengfuhua@gmail.com