Table 5.

Trial 2 2003. The influence of different sugars and concentrations applied as a root drench on growth and mortality of transplanted birch (Betulapendula Roth.).

Sugar	Root growth potential		Root length (cm)		Root dry weight (g)		Girth (mm)		Shoot dry weight (g)		Leaf dry weight (g)		Mortality (%)
Sugar	Week 6	Week 24	Week 6	Week 24	Week 6	Week 24	Week 6	Week 24	Week 6	Week 24	Week 6	Week 24	Mortality (%)
Control	12.8	13.7	10.3	14.5	6.1	12.8	6.6	13.5	5.2	18.9	5.0	16.6	5
Sucrose
25 g/L	16.2^ns	16.3^ns	15.5^ns	20.7^*	7.6^ns	17.3^ns	6.5^ns	15.5^ns	6.3^ns	21.3^ns	5.3^ns	19.7^ns	0
50 g/L	18.0^*	19.3^*	13.2^ns	18.6^ns	7.3^ns	19.3^*	6.5^ns	16.3^*	5.5^ns	28.3^*	6.3^ns	25.5^*	0
70 g/L	24.2^*	20.5^*	11.5^ns	21.8^*	9.4^*	21.2^*	6.9^ns	17.2^*	5.3^ns	25.1^*	6.0^ns	27.6^*	0
Fructose
25 g/L	16.8^ns	17.0^ns	11.8^ns	19.6^*	8.8^*	15.7^ns	6.2^ns	16.4^*	4.9^ns	21.7^ns	4.7^ns	19.3^ns	0
50 g/L	19.6^*	20.3^*	12.1^ns	19.2^ns	8.6^*	17.6^*	6.3^ns	14.7^ns	6.1^ns	26.8^*	5.2^ns	23.4^*	0
70 g/L	16.5^ns	18.9^ns	15.1^ns	17.9^ns	9.7^*	17.2^ns	6.7^ns	15.8^ns	5.4^ns	24.2^*	5.3^ns	23.0^*	0
Glucose
25 g/L	18.0^*	19.8^*	14.8^ns	17.4^ns	10.0^*	19.0^*	6.5^ns	14.7^ns	5.8^ns	23.4^ns	5.9^ns	19.8^ns	0
50 g/L	19.0^*	19.3^*	13.1^ns	14.8^ns	9.1^*	18.3^*	7.0^ns	15.4^ns	5.2^ns	22.1^ns	5.5^ns	24.5^*	0
70 g/L	17.4^*	17.4^ns	12.6^ns	23.8^*^ns	8.2^ns	19.9^*	6.6^ns	15.9^ns	6.0^ns	20.4^ns	5.1^ns	25.1^*	0
LSD	4.63	5.32	5.33	5.07	2.34	4.84	0.54	2.78	1.39	5.13	1.53	5.98	—

All growth measurements are mean of five trees.
LSD = least significant difference; ns = not significant;
↵* = P ≤ 0.05 (control versus sugar treatment mean within a column).