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

Table 3

Mean leaf number of three varieties having 2, 4, and 6 nodes cuttings from day 6 to day 14.

Variety	Nodes	Leaf number
		Day 6	Day 8	Day 10	Day 12	Day 14
Mergong	2	1.00±0.63	4.00±0.63	4.40±0.40	4.40±0.40	5.20±1.20^d
	4	2.40±0.75	4.40±0.98	5.60±0.81	6.00±0.51	6.00±0.58^c
	6	2.00±0.00	4.00±0.45	4.60±1.03	6.40±0.75	8.00±1.10^bc
MS007	2	2.80±0.49	4.00±0.00	5.40±0.40	5.80±0.49	5.80±0.66^cd
	4	2.80±0.49	4.20±0.37	5.20±0.37	6.60±0.40	8.20±0.37^b
	6	3.20±0.63	6.00±0.75	8.80±0.97	10.40±1.20	12.20±1.24^a
MS012	2	0.00±0.00	0.20±0.20	0.20±0.20	0.20±0.20	1.00±0.63^f
	4	0.00±0.00	1.60±0.98	2.40±0.98	2.40±0.98	3.80±1.20^e
	6	1.60±0.75	3.00±0.55	3.60±0.68	4.80±0.80	5.80±0.74^cd

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