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

Biological Research

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

	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

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