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. 2012 Oct 5;7(10):e46420. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046420

Table 1. Plant growth parameters of peach seedlings grown in autoclaved and non-autoclaved portions of a replant soil for 10 weeks in greenhouse experiments.

Soil type Plant growth parametersa
Fresh weight (g) Dry weight (g) Length (cm)
Roots Shoots Roots Shoots Shoots
Replant soil 11.17±3.79 x 12.33±5.20 x 2.82±0.84 x 4.36±1.82 x 98.56±20.87 x
Autoclaved replant soil 15.69±3.05 y 22.41±3.64 y 3.61±0.81 y 8.28±1.52 y 126.38±7.73 y
a

Values and standard deviations are the means of 8 replicates pots. Values in columns followed by the same letter are not significantly (P<0.05) different.