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Table 2 Shoot length (SL), root length (RL), number of primary roots (NPR), number of secondary roots (NSR), number of total roots (NTR), fresh-shoot biomass (FSB), and fresh-root biomass (FRB) of micropropagated Marubakaido apple rootstock during acclimatization

From: Rooting and acclimatization of micropropagated marubakaido apple rootstock using Adesmia latifolia rhizobia

Treatment*

SL

RL

NPR

NSR

NTR

FSB

FRB

 

(cm/plant)

(N°/plant)

(mg/plant)

EEL0210 S

2.5 ± 0.2 a

10.6 ± 2.8 a

5.2 ± 0.6 a

8.0 ± 4.1 a

13.2 ± 4.7 a

145.5 ± 22.0 a

19.2 ± 2.8 a

EEL16110 S

2.5 ± 0.2 a

11.3 ± 3.2 a

5.5 ± 1.6 a

8.9 ± 2.7 a

14.4 ± 4.3 a

165.4 ± 32.3 a

22.1 ± 6.6 a

EEL16010B S

3.1 ± 0.4 a

14.1 ± 3.3 a

6.5 ± 1.8 a

10.5 ± 2.5 a

17.0 ± 4.2 a

175.3 ± 39.5 a

25.6 ± 7.7 a

EEL37810 S

2.4 ± 0.4 a

12.7 ± 3.4 a

5.0 ± 1.1 a

10.1 ± 2.5 a

15.1 ± 3.6 a

140.2 ± 23.9 a

24.6 ± 8.4 a

Non-inoculated Control

2.6 ± 0.2 a

10.1 ± 3.2 a

5.3 ± 0.6 a

5. 8 ± 1.8 a

11.1 ± 2.4 a

143.2 ± 51.5 a

22.6 ± 10.0 a

  1. * S= sterilized culture with dead cells; L = culture with live cells. Means with the same letter do not differ statistically based on a Scott-Knott test (p <0.05).