Table 2.
The rooting characteristics of the non-grafted and grafted cuttings “Jinba”.
| Batch | Treatment | Rooting formation days (d) | Maximum length (cm) | Mean length (cm) |
Mean diameter (mm) | Mean number | Mean dry matter (mg) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | Non-grafted | 8 | 4.5 | 3.42 ± 0.24a | 0.556 ± 0.016b | 36.0 ± 1.27b | 9.7 ± 0.08b |
| Grafted | 7 | 4.8 | 4.02 ± 0.20a | 0.627 ± 0.011a | 40.8 ± 0.79a | 10.9 ± 0.19a | |
| H3 | Non-grafted | 7 | 5.2 | 2.79 ± 0.17b | 0.451 ± 0.019a | 39.5 ± 2.48b | 12.7 ± 0.58b |
| Grafted | 6 | 5.8 | 3.63 ± 0.10a | 0.500 ± 0.016a | 47.7 ± 3.03a | 13.3 ± 0.39a | |
| H5 | Non-grafted | 8 | 3.2 | 2.90 ± 0.07a | 0.352 ± 0.014b | 31.3 ± 1.63b | 10.0 ± 0.21b |
| Grafted | 7 | 4.5 | 3.09 ± 0.19a | 0.397 ± 0.012a | 37.2 ± 0.93a | 11.0 ± 0.16a |
H1: cuttings harvested on June 17; H3: cuttings harvested on July 27; H5: cuttings harvested on September 5; values (mean ± S.E.) labelled with a different letter suffix differ significantly from one another according to Duncan's multiple range test (P < 0.05).