Propagation of Some Local Fig (Ficus carica L.) Cultivars by Hardwood Cuttings under the Field Conditions in Tunisia

Table 5

Means of nursery plants morphological characters studied in six cuttings types of Bither’s fig cultivar (means of two replications 2009 and 2010).

Cutting types	RE %	NB	LP cm	DP mm	NL	CG cm	NR
Type 1	63.33^b	0.58^ab	19.11^a	8.79^a	14.63^a	53.29^a	4.76^a
Type 2	63.33^b	0.21^a	21.58^a	10.16^a	13.58^a	55.21^a	10.89^bc
Type 3	83.33^b	0.56^ab	24.52^a	9.68^a	16.04^ab	65.04^abc	10.50^bc
Type 4	53.33^ab	0.44^ab	18.19^a	11.81^a	13.75^a	58.29^ab	14.75^c
Type 5	50.00^ab	0.73^ab	24.13^a	10.53^a	17.07^ab	77.20^c	9.53^b
Type 6	26.67^a	1.38^bc	18.25^a	9.75^a	22.50^bc	69.38^bc	6.38^ab
calculated	3.166	2.784	3.370	3.294	2.784	4.204	4.232
Significance	*	*	**	**	*	**	**

Type 1: type cutting of one-year-old shoots, length (30 cm), and diameter (<1.5 cm).
Type 2: type cutting of one-year-old shoots, length (40 cm), and diameter (<1.5 cm).
Type 3: type cutting of one-year-old shoots, length (60 cm), and diameter (<1.5 cm).
Type 4: type cutting of 2-year-old shoots, length (30 cm), and diameter (<1.5 cm).
Type 5: type cutting of 2-year-old shoots, length (40 cm), and diameter (<1.5 cm).
Type 6: type cutting of 2-year old shoots, length (60 cm), and diameter (>2 cm).
*, **: significant, high significant at < 0.05, respectively.
Different letters in one column indicate differences within cutting types by least significant difference (LSD) test at a significance level of 0.05.