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. 2017 Nov 2;25(2):298–304. doi: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2017.10.025

Table 3.

Effect of grafting using different rootstocks on leaf dry weight, stem dry weight and root dry weight at flowering growth stage of cucumber cultivar Alosama F1grown under different level of water stress.

Water stress level (% of ETc) Leaf dry weight (g)
Stem dry weight (g)
Root dry weight (g)
Non-grafted Grafted on Shintoza Grafted on Affyne Average Non-grafted Grafted on Shintoza Grafted on Affyne Average Non-grafted Grafted on Shintoza Grafted on Affyne Average
First Season (2014)
100 % of ETc 33.9 45.8 40.6 40.1 a 15.6 18.8 17.4 17.2 a 4.0 6.7 6.4 5.7 a
75 % of ETc 26.7 39.6 38.1 34.8 b 14.1 15.3 15.0 14.8 b 3.6 6.1 5.7 5.1 b
50 % of ETc 21.2 32.7 30.4 28.1 c 12.6 13.4 13.1 13.0 c 3.1 5.2 4.9 4.4 c
Average 27.2 c 39.3 a 36.3 b 14.1 b 15.8 a 15.1 a 3.6 c 6.0 a 5.6 b



Second Season (2015)
100 % of ETc 31.9 44.6 41.3 39.2 a 14.0 16.9 16.0 15.6 a 3.9 6.6 6.2 5.5 a
75 % of ETc 25.4 37.2 36.2 32.9 b 13.1 14.6 14.3 14.0 b 3.5 6.1 5.8 5.2 b
50 % of ETc 20.6 30.1 28.2 26.3 c 11.4 12.7 12.2 12.1 c 3.0 5.3 4.6 4.3 c
Average 25.9 b 37.3 a 35.2 a 12.8 b 14.7 a 14.1 a 3.4 c 6.1 a 5.5 b

* Treatment means with the same letter are not significant using LSD test at 5% level.