Table 2.

Rooting capacity and dry weight of cuttings of diploid (D) and tetraploid (T) E. illinita, E. rosea, and E. rubra.

Escallonia genotype	Ploidy group	Number of cuttings	Repetitions	Rooting (%)	Root dry weight (mg)
E. illinita	D	136	2	94.9NS	1.11 ± 0.96NS
	T	126	2	96.1	1.06 ± 0.74
E. rosea	D	194	4	78.9NS	0.56 ± 0.44NS
	T	252	4	78.2	0.49 ± 0.31
E. rubra	D	188	4	80.3NS	1.66 ± 2.71NS
	T	192	4	79.2	1.84 ± 2.29

Statistical differences per genotype between diploids and tetraploids (MWUT,

^NS, not significant;

S, significant at p = 0.05).