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

Biological Research

Table 1 Analysis of the effects and interactions of accession (Purén or Contulmo), level of auxin (NAA or IBA) and level of cytokinin (TDZ or BAP) on: number of shoots, number of leaves, plant height and number of roots in plants of Fragaria chiloensis propagated for 6 weeks

	Number of shoots			Number of leaves		Plant height		Number of roots
	df	MS	P	MS	P	MS	P	MS	P
Accession	1	161.50	**	0.96	ns	0.33	*	1.13	ns
Auxin	2	49.77	**	80.31	**	0.09	ns	5.95	ns
Cytokinin	2	89.10	**	46.54	**	0.03	ns	29.86	**
Interactions
Accession * auxin	2	0.56	ns	7.59	ns	0.01	ns	1.48	ns
Accession * cytokinin	2	9.93	ns	12.68	ns	0.02	ns	2.77	ns
Auxin * cytokinin	4	43.94	**	54.41	**	0.14	ns	23.81	**
Accession * auxin * cytokinin	4	7.09	ns	13.42	ns	0.04	ns	5.77	*
Error	126	7.53		8.83		0.06		2.03
Total	143

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