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.