Research Article

How Rootstocks Impact the Scion Vigour and Vine Performance of Vitis vinifera L. cv. Tempranillo

Table 1

Mean values of gas exchange parameters measured early-mid morning at flowering and veraison for four rootstocks and from 2018 to 2020 and their interactions.

Photosynthesis rate (An) [μmol/(m2·s)]Stomatal conductance [mol/(m2·s)]Water use efficiency (WUE) (μmol CO2/mol H2O)Whole plant hydraulic conductance (Kplant) [(mmol·m)/(MPa·s)]
FloweringVeraisonFloweringVeraisonFloweringVeraisonFloweringVeraison

Two-way ANOVA
Rootstock1103-P19.10 a14.56 a0.35 a0.18 a57.67 b83.56 b4.28 a2.77 a
110-R18.69 ba14.82 a0.32 a0.17 a60.73 b85.69 b3.54 b2.41 b
161-49C17.41 ba13.79 a0.27 b0.14 b66.88 a102.04 a3.00 c2.03 c
41B17.06 b11.51 b0.24 b0.12 c73.43 a101.61 a3.14 c2.0 c

Year201820.33 a15.52 a0.346 a0.175 a61.62 b93.37 ba3.52 b2.72 a
201918.36 b14.13 b0.323 a0.148 b57.25 b97.08 a4.22 a1.76 c
202015.18 c11.25 c0.204 b0.131 b76.76 a88.67 b2.60 c2.45 b

Rns∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗
Y∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗
R Y∗∗∗∗ns∗∗∗∗∗

One-way ANOVA
20181103-P23.12 a16.47 a0.438 a0.221 a53.07 b74.87 b4.14 a3.76 a
110-R21.57 ba17.32 a0.399 a0.205 a54.72 b85.94 b3.57 ba2.55 b
161-49C18.95 ba15.73 a0.310 b0.146 b62.52 b108.47 a3.27 b2.26 b
41B17.66 b12.57 b0.237 b0.128 b76.14 a104.18 a3.10 b2.30 b

20191103-P16.34 b15.97 a0.3290.173 a49.92 c92.70 cb5.33 a2.08 a
110-R19.67 a14.66 ba0.3470.168 a56.86 b87.74 c4.40 b1.94 a
161-49C19.12 a12.73 b0.2990.121 b64.16 a106.35 a3.32 c1.44 b
41B18.30 ba13.14 b0.3180.130 b58.03 b101.55 ba3.82 cb1.59 b

20201103-P17.19 a11.22 a0.2350.139 a76.17 ba83.10 b2.932.46 ba
110-R14.83 ba12.48 a0.2170.152 a70.60 b83.40 b2.672.74 a
161-49C14.14 b12.74 a0.1940.146 a73.96 ba89.16 ba2.412.47 ba
41B15.22 ba8.81 b0.1790.090 b86.11 a99.11 a2.502.12 b

, ∗∗, and ∗∗∗ indicate significant differences at the 0.05, 0.01, and 0.001 levels of probability, respectively. In each column and for each factor or interaction, different letters indicate significant differences according to Duncan’s multiple range test at the 95% confidence level.