Research Article

Analysis of Plant Growth and Yield in Varieties of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Grafted onto Different Eggplant Rootstocks

Table 3

Effect of grafting on diameter of scions and rootstocks.

TreatmentR0R1R2R3

Stem diameter (cm) tomato scions 4 WAT
V10.35 a0.56 b0.56 b1.07 c
V20.49 ab0.59 b0.55 b0.62 b
V30.49 ab0.56 b0.59 b0.61 b
LSD 5%0.14
CV (%)13.6

Stem diameter (cm) eggplant rootstocks 4 WAT
V10.35 a0.4 ab0.41 ab0.38 a
V20.493 b0.37 a0.32 a0.36 a
V30.49 b0.367 a0.6 a0.40 ab
LSD 5%0.0824252
CV (%)12.42

Stem diameter (cm) tomato scions 6 WAT
V10.84 ab1.02 cde1.00 bcd0.98 bcd
V20.69 a0.97 bcd0.91 bc1.03 cde
V30.98 bcd1.03 cde1.09 de1.18 e
LSD 5%0.17
CV (%)20.00

Stem diameter (cm) eggplant rootstocks 6 WAT
V10.84 e0.67 bcd0.68 bcd0.78 de
V20.69 bcd0.53 a0.51 a0.59 ab
V30.98 f0.63 bc0.63 bc0.71 cd
LSD 5%0.09
CV (%)8.45

Stem diameter (cm) tomato scions 8 WAT
V10.98 a1.01 a1.12 ab1.11 ab
V21.73 c0.98 a0.93 a1.14 ab
V31.06 a1.17 ab1.16 ab1.33 b
LSD 5%0.24
CV (%)24.4

Stem diameter (cm) eggplant rootstocks 8 WAT
V10.98 de0.74 bc0.80 cd0.82 cd
V21.73 f0.60 abc0.50 a0.79 bcd
V31.06 e0.7 bc0.74 bc0.82 cd
LSD 5%0.19
CV (%)26.3

Stem diameter (cm) tomato scions 10 WAT
V10.92 ab2.91 e1.20 cd1.21 cd
V20.81 a0.92 ab1.01 abc1.31 d
V31.03 bc1.17 cd1.28 d1.36 d
LSD 5%0.21
CV (%)19.80

Stem diameter (cm) eggplant rootstocks 10 WAT
V10.92 gh0.77 cdef0.69 cdef0.89 fg
V20.81 efg0.49 a0.54 ab0.78 def
V31.03 h0.66 bcd0.64 bc0.83 fg
LSD 5%0.13
CV (%)20.5

Numbers in the same column followed by the same letter are not significantly different based on LSD test at significant level of 5%. LSD: least significant difference; CV: coefficient of variation.