Table 2.

Impacts of various hormones on rooting in triploid P. edulis ‘Mantianxing’

Treatment		Number of rooted plants (plants)	Number of main roots (roots)	Length of main roots (cm)	Number of lateral roots (roots)	Length of lateral roots (cm)	Average seedling height (cm)	Rooting rate (%)
1	0.33 ± 0.58b		0.33 ± 0.58d	0.60 ± 1.04d	0.67 ± 1.15c	0.08 ± 0.14a	1.56 ± 0.23 cd	4.67 ± 0.08b
2	2.67 ± 2.31ab		0.33 ± 2.89 cd	3.29 ± 2.85c	5.67 ± 5.13bc	0.33 ± 0.31a	1.17 ± 1.02d	38.00 ± 0.33ab
3	4.00 ± 1.00a		13.00 ± 4.36ab	3.48 ± 0.25c	6.00 ± 1.00bc	0.29 ± 0.04a	3.07 ± 0.25a	57.00 ± 0.14a
4	4.67 ± 2.08a		6.67 ± 2.08bcd	4.43 ± 0.5c	16.67 ± 10.69b	1.05 ± 0.15b	2.00 ± 0.17bc	66.67 ± 0.33a
5	3.33 ± 2.31ab		11.00 ± 7.81abc	0.34 ± 0.07d	4.00 ± 3.46bc	0.42 ± 0.08a	2.33 ± 0.37b	48.00 ± 0.30ab
6	3.00 ± 1.00ab		6.00 ± 2.65bcd	3.28 ± 0.25c	8.33 ± 2.52bc	0.87 ± 0.40b	2.22 ± 0.13bc	43.00 ± 0.14ab
7	6.00 ± 1.73a		19.67 ± 7.09a	6.57 ± 0.40b	16.00 ± 6.08bc	0.82 ± 0.16b	3.27 ± 0.21a	85.67 ± 0.25a
8	5.00 ± 2.65a		12.33 ± 6.81ab	12.83 ± 1.61a	37.00 ± 19.31a	2.80 ± 0.30a	2.32 ± 0.10b	71.33 ± 0.38a
9	4.67 ± 1.15a		7.00 ± 1.00bcd	3.26 ± 0.19c	10.00 ± 2.00bc	0.92 ± 0.11b	1.74 ± 0.05bcd	66.67 ± 0.17a

Note: Data in the table are mean ± SD, n = 3; Significant differences within the same column were determined by one-way ANOVA followed by Duncan’s multiple range test (p < 0.05) and are indicated by different lowercase letters. The same as below