Alginate Encapsulation of Begonia Microshoots for Short-Term Storage and Distribution
Figure 3
Percentages of encapsulated microshoots (synthetic seeds) and nonencapsulated microshoots of two Begonia cultivars “germinating” (developing successfully) after storage and subsequent transfer to MS medium (in vitro) or peat pellets (ex vitro). Medium and storage duration were highly influential in significant interaction terms among five treatment factors; therefore, analyses were run at each combination of these two factor levels. Means shown (dots) are averages among the three additional treatment factors (cultivar, CaCl2·H2O exposure duration, and storage temperature), which showed no significant interaction effects when analyzed by medium and storage duration. Means for the two media at a specific storage duration (vertical pairs) are significantly different () when labeled with “a” and “b” or not significantly different when labeled with “ns.” Means for storage durations connected by a line segment are significantly different at (*), 0.01 (**), or 0.001 (***). The Schaffer-Simulated method was used for multiple mean comparisons.
