Table 3.
Analysis of variance of the effect of different calla Lily cultivars (Sun club, Orania and Zazu), application of sucrose and cycocel on plant parameters.
| Treatments | DF | Mean Squares | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In vitro | After acclimatization (Greenhouse) | ||||||||
| Micro tuber diameter | Micro tuber weight | Plant height | Survival rate | Tuber diameter | Tuber weight | Plant height | Leaf area | ||
| Replication | 2 | 0.09** | 0.01** | 0.12** | 21.19** | 5.11* | 0.12** | 16.66** | 10.58NS |
| Cultivar (Cu) | 2 | 77.57** | 1.56** | 7.01** | 2070.11** | 332.77** | 9.81** | 1.66** | 3622.23** |
| Sucrose (S) | 2 | 146.70** | 0.95** | 1.38** | 3327.25** | 206.31** | 9.50** | 28.11** | 1759.60** |
| Cycocel (C) | 3 | 46.55** | 0.20** | 17.23** | 174.38** | 142.92** | 2.00** | 14.14** | 92.08** |
| Cu×S | 4 | 3.92** | 0.11** | 4.05** | 173.11** | 4.75** | 0.18** | 3.68** | 165.89** |
| Cu×C | 9 | 3.19** | 0.01** | 0.56** | 13.42** | 3.28** | 0.08** | 1.76** | 10.89** |
| Cu×S×C | 16 | 6.22** | 0.01** | 0.85** | 11.95** | 2.42* | 0.20** | 1.59** | 23.89** |
| Error | 69 | 0.15 | 0.002 | 0.01 | 2.12 | 1.2 | 0.01 | 0.28 | 21.54 |
| CV (%) | - | 3.52 | 4.33 | 0.83 | 2.59 | 3.82 | 2.46 | 3.66 | 16.94 |
NS: Non significant, **: Significant at 1%, *: Significant at 5%.