Transplant | Growing | Shoot | Leaf | Regenerated | ||||||
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media bulk | media bulk | Stem dia. (mm) | length | dry | area | dry | root | |||
density (g cm-3) | density (g cm-3) | Initial | Final | no. | (cm) | wt (g) | no. | (cm-2) | wt (g) | dry wt. (g) |
1.25 | 0.3 | 10.4 | 13.8 | 15.4 | 281.4 | 22.0 | 117 | 7134 | 53.5 | 27.7 |
0.9 | 10.4 | 14.6 | 21.8 | 338.2 | 19.6 | 138 | 7503 | 52.9 | 35.9 | |
Average | 10.4 | 14.2 | 18.6 | 309.8 | 20.8 | 127 | 7318 | 53.2 | 31.8 | |
1.50 | 0.3 | 10.6 | 15.4 | 12.2 | 291.0 | 24.8 | 115 | 6989 | 52.8 | 37.2 |
0.9 | 10.6 | 14.6 | 15.8 | 335.0 | 28.1 | 129 | 7438 | 56.6 | 39.0 | |
Average | 10.6 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 313 | 26.5 | 122 | 7214 | 54.7 | 38.1 | |
1.75 | 0.3 | 10.4 | 13.4 | 16.6 | 237.2 | 19.5 | 141 | 7687 | 56.4 | 36.0 |
0.9 | 10.0 | 12.8 | 18.6 | 277.0 | 17.2 | 138 | 6995 | 53.6 | 32.5 | |
Average | 10.2 | 13.1 | 17.6 | 257.1 | 18.4 | 140 | 7341 | 55.0 | 34.3 | |
ANOVA | ||||||||||
Growing media | NSy | NS | 0.08 | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | |
Transplant media | NS | 0.05 | NS | 0.11 | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | |
Growing media x transplant media | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS |
z Each value is the mean of five individual plant replications.
↵y NS, not significant at P = 0.15 level.