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

Biological Research

Table 2 Analysis of the effects and interactions of accession (Purén or Contulmo), level of cytokinins (TDZ or BAP) 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

	Number of shoots			Number of leaves		Plant height		Number of roots
	df	MS	P	MS	P	MS	P	MS	P
Accession	1	79.60	**	0.27	ns	0.24	*	0.09	ns
Cytokinin	2	39.90	**	95.07	**	0.14	ns	50.16	**
GA₃	1	65.70	**	33.74	ns	0.00	ns	17.44	**
Interactions
Accession * cytokinin	2	11.23	ns	2.41	ns	0.04	ns	3.94	*
Accession * GA₃	1	0.45	ns	7.36	ns	0.01	ns	2.48	ns
Cytokinin * GA₃	2	85.04	**	33.93	ns	0.03	ns	11.71	**
Accession * cytokinin * GA₃	2	13.30	ns	5.92	ns	0.01	ns	4.38	*
Error	84	6.39		11.15		0.05		1.16
Total	95

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