Table 2 Mean (± standard deviation) values of dry matter accumulation in different components of the root stock seedlings at cut-back stage of 18 weeks after planting and the scion plants at 12 weeks after cut-back of the root stock seedling

2.3 ± 0.8^c

2.8 ± 0.4^d

5.2 ± 0.9^d

1.2 ± 0.2^c

1.3 ± 0.9^c

2.5 ± 0.8^c

6.1 ± 2.5^bc

1.6 ± 0.5^b

7.7 ± 2.5^b

3.36 ± 0.28^a

7.4 ± 1.8^b

12.5 ± 2.9^b

20.0 ± 4.0^b

4.5 ± 1.9^b

3.4 ± 1.4^b

7.9 ± 1.4^b

7.7 ± 1.6^ab

3.9 ± 1.1^a

11.6 ± 2.4^a

1.61 ± 0.17^bcd

2.9 ± 0.5^c

4.4 ± 0.9^cd

7.4 ± 1.1^cd

1.8 ± 1.3^c

1.4 ± 1.1^c

3.2 ± 1.1^c

5.4 ± 1.5^bc

1.3 ± 0.7^b

6.6 ± 1.7^b

2.65 ± 0.24^abc

8.7 ± 2.4^b

12.6 ± 3.0^b

21.3 ± 4.3^b

7.2 ± 1.9^a

4.5 ± 1.2^ab

11.7 ± 1.2^a

6.2 ± 1.5^bc

5.0 ± 1.2^a

11.2 ± 1.4^a

1.00 ± 0.06^d

3.6 ± 0.9^c

5.8 ± 1.9^c

9.4 ± 2.6^c

1.3 ± 0.3^c

1.2 ± 0.5^c

2.4 ± 0.5^c

4.7 ± 2.4^c

1.6 ± 0.9^b

6.3 ± 2.4^b

2.86 ± 0.30^ab

10.5 ± 1.8^a

15.3 ± 3.4^a

25.8 ± 4.4^a

7.2 ± 2.3^a

5.5 ± 0.6^a

12.7 ± 0.6^a

9.6 ± 1.9^a

4.5 ± 1.4^a

14.2 ± 2.8^a

1.17 ± 0.19^cd