Factors Affecting Microcuttings of Stevia Using a Mist-Chamber Propagation Box

Table 13

Mean root number of three varieties treated with 50% and 100% of shade treatments from day 6 to day 14.

Variety	Shade	Root number
		Day 6	Day 8	Day 10	Day 12	Day 14
Mergong	0 (control)	0.00 ± 0.00	0.40 ± 0.40	0.40 ± 0.40	0.40 ± 0.40	1.20 ± 0.58^e
	50	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00	0.20 ± 0.20	0.40 ± 0.25	0.40 ± 0.25^f
	100	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00	0.20 ± 0.20	0.20 ± 0.20^fg
MS007	0 (control)	0.80 ± 0.58	2.60 ± 1.08	4.00 ± 1.38	5.20 ± 1.50	6.00 ± 1.52^bc
	50	1.00 ± 1.00	1.00 ± 1.00	1.00 ± 1.00	1.80 ± 0.86	2.00 ± 0.78^d
	100	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00
MS012	0 (control)	1.40 ± 0.75	1.40 ± 0.75	2.60 ± 1.03	3.80 ± 1.32	4.60 ± 1.57^c
	50	8.40 ± 0.60	9.00 ± 0.55	9.00 ± 0.55	9.00 ± 0.55	9.00 ± 0.55^a
	100	2.00 ± 0.84	2.60 ± 0.60	3.60 ± 0.81	4.80 ± 1.16	6.60 ± 1.03^b

Note. Mean value within a column followed by the same letter shows no significant difference at 𝑃<0.05 using Tukey test.