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Table 3 Analysis of the effects and interactions of: accession (Purén or Contulmo), level of auxin (IBA or NAA) and level of gibberellic acid (GA3) on: number of shoots, number of leaves, plant height and number of roots in Fragaria chiloensis propagated for 6 weeks

From: Meristem culture and subsequent micropropagation of Chilean strawberry (Fragaria chiloensis (L.) Duch.)

 

Number of shoots

Number of leaves

Plant height

Number of roots

df

MS

P

MS

P

MS

P

MS

P

Accession

1

77.49

**

13.13

ns

0.10

ns

3.86

ns

Auxin

2

1.77

ns

105.18

**

0.20

*

28.04

**

GA3

1

4.93

ns

0.67

ns

0.00

ns

3.66

ns

Interactions

 Accession * auxin

2

9.29

ns

2.18

ns

0.04

ns

9.49

*

 Accession * GA3

1

0.00

ns

0.51

ns

0.10

ns

0.03

ns

 Auxins * GA3

2

8.98

ns

61.99

**

0.04

ns

20.59

**

 Accession * auxin * GA3

2

0.74

ns

17.33

ns

0.00

ns

3.59

ns

 Error

84

3.09

 

10.09

 

0.05

 

2.34

 

 Total

95

        
  1. df degrees of freedom, MS mean squares, ns not significant
  2. * (P < 0.05) significant difference
  3. ** (P < 0.01) highly significant difference