Table 4.

Effects of factor combinations (hot water exposure time, caladium cultivar, and tuber size) on caladium growth parameters.

Cultivar	Exposure time @ 50°C (min)	Tuber size	Fresh shoot weight (g)	Dry shoot weight (g)	Fresh root weight (g)	Dry root weight (g)	Plant height (cm)
PJR	45	#3	89.8 ghij†	6.4 fghij	15.5 bc	0.59 abc	34.4 b
		#1	121.0 efg	8.0 defg	20.2 ab	0.93 ab	34.3 b
		Jumbo	184.2 ab	11.7 ab	20.9 ab	0.90 ab	36.3 ab
	30	#3	74.7 ij	5.4 hij	13.85 bc	0.5 bc	33.8 b
		#1	131.0 def	9.3 bcde	14.8 bc	0.75 abc	36.0 ab
		Jumbo	197.1 a	13.1 a	17.1 abc	0.85 ab	39.8 a
	0	#3	67.8 j	5.1 ij	13.1 bc	0.52 bc	34.2 b
		#1	106.5 fghi	8.1 defg	18.3 abc	0.93 ab	37.7 ab
		Jumbo	154.7 bcd	11.3 abc	15.3 bc	0.88 ab	37.4 ab
SWT	45	#3	84.0 hij	5.2 ij	15.6 bc	0.50 bc	27.5 c
		#1	126.9 def	7.9 efgh	21.4 ab	0.84 ab	27.6 c
		Jumbo	169.3 abc	10.5 bcd	24.0 a	1.02 a	28.4 c
	30	#3	80.7 hij	5.7 ghij	15.4 bc	0.54 bc	25.1 c
		#1	111.8 efgh	7.6 efghi	17.4 abc	0.69 abc	25.7 c
		Jumbo	155.2 bcd	10.0 bcde	20.8 ab	1.00 a	27.4 c
	0	#3	67.9 j	4.4 j	10.1 c	0.33 c	23.9 c
		#1	99.3 fghij	6.7 fghij	10.0 c	0.39 c	24.3 c
		Jumbo	143.5 cde	8.9 cdef	15.5 bc	0.69 abc	27.3 c

^†Within each column, LSMeans sharing the same letter are not significantly different (P > 0.05), according to Tukey– Kramer Test.

LSMeans, least squares means; PJR, Postman Joyner; SWT, Florida Sweetheart PP 8526.