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. 2019 Apr 9;10:445. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00445

Table 5.

Relative changes in yield formation by grafting with record-yield rootstocks in 2014 and 2015.

Traits (/Plant) Treatment Cultivars
Williams Amsoy Liaodou10 Liaodou3 Resnik Kottman Dilworth Dennison Tiefeng31 Liaodou11 Liaodou12
2014
Yield (g) D/L       7.42NS   18.56** 17.7**   8.27*       4.52* 19.86**  15.53**   29.38**     38.76**      23.26**   14.35**
D/Z       0.94NS         4.98NS       3.73NS     8.42**       4.96*   9.23* 10.33* 17.35*   10.41* 15.3* 16.94*
Seed number D/L     20.87NS   22.16**       5.47NS     5.1NS         –3.65NS 23.18* 13.04*   20.22**     13.52**        –0.43NS        4.91NS
D/Z       3.21NS         7.73NS   –11.85NS     –0.44NS     –13.24**   7.58*   14.03**   16.07**      9.57*       –3.23NS        8.27NS
Seed weight (g) D/L –12.8NS       7.99**       1.32NS       3.26NS             6.36NS       7.22NS     5.28*   14.32**     29.94**      27.41**   16.73**
D/Z     –1.12NS   14.18**     6.65*     5.47**             3.72NS     11.22NS         0.67NS  17.45*     27.49**     15.52**     9.65**
2015
Yield (g) D/L       1.49NS 18.22*       8.55NS   8.87*        4.62*   26.34**     23.87**   32.46**     17.01**     15.42**   15.98**
D/Z     –1.94NS 17.7**       3.39NS   8.42*           1.68NS 22.88*   14.69**   22.03**   25.84*   15.85*    6.86*
Seed number D/L       2.98NS       0.80NS       5.04NS       5.10NS         –3.65NS   48.14**   31.64** 20.35*   23.61*          9.05NS        6.37NS
D/Z 11.92*       5.07NS       4.32NS   –0.44NS         –1.19NS   26.24**   23.73** 18.05* 14.7**        –3.42NS       –9.45NS
Seed weight (g) D/L     –6.37NS 16.89*       5.52NS     3.26NS     12.36*  –11.19NS       6.62NS 28.82* 12.52*     10.95**  23.2**
D/Z  –8.61** 12.58*       1.63NS 5.47*            2.88NS       0.95NS       3.51NS   20.63**   14.88**     18.67**   24.29**

Data was calculated by: (graft–self-graft) / self-graft × 100%. D/L or D/Z - the cultivars released in different decades grafted onto L14 or Z35 rootstocks, respectively. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, NS, not significant.