sorry, what i meant when i said the ratio is the same is when the amount of cytokinin is equal to the amount of auxin. when the ratio is one-to-one, the cells form an undifferentiated callus (ie., a mass of cells that are neither specialized roots nor specialized shoots). however, a perfect one-to-one ratio would probably only ever happen under laboratory conditions (and even if the ratio was approximately 1 in the keiki paste, that wouldn't mean the plant itself would be in equilibrium).
so, as ray said, the application of hormones would most likely induce the plant to produce shoots or roots. in this case, the keiki paste, containing mostly cytokinins, shifted the ratio further towards conditions favoring shoot growth. like human testosterone supplements, the paste contained hormones in a much, much, much higher concentrated form than that secreted by the roots themselves, which sped up the process or shoot growth.
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