. 2004 Oct 27;94(6):831–842. doi: 10.1093/aob/mch210

Table 4.

Survival of leaves and cuttings and average fresh mass and adventitious root formation of pelargonium cuttings as affected by pre-harvest nitrogen supply and storage of cuttings

	Losses of plant tissue (until day 13)							Final rooting response (day 21)
	Number of leaves¹			Number of whole cuttings¹			Survival rate (%)			Number of roots			Fresh mass of roots (g)	Total fresh mass (g)
Nitrogen treatment	Unstored	Stored	Unstored	Stored	Unstored	Stored	Unstored	Stored	Unstored	Stored	Unstored	Stored
N-low	0·0^a	0·6^a	0·0^a	0·1^ab	80·0^c	60·0^b	7·4^a	8·4^a	0·29^a	0·38^ab	5·02^a	4·66^a
N-medium	0·0^a	1·3^a	0·0^a	0·1^a	77·8^c	53·3^ab	12·7^c	6·6^a	0·55^b	0·42^ab	6·80^b	4·93^a
N-high	0·3^a	2·8^b	0·0^a	0·4^b	77·8^c	43·3^a	10·8^b	7·7^a	0·52^b	0·51^b	7·12^b	4·92^a

Different superscripts indicate significant differences (P < 0·05) at specified days of propagation.

Per eight cuttings. Otherwise average of three harvest dates and three replication plots (n = 9).