The Scientific World Journal

Research Article

Chrysanthemum Cutting Productivity and Rooting Ability Are Improved by Grafting

Table 1

The productivity of and quality of cuttings from non-grafted and grafted chrysanthemum “Jinba”.


Batch	Treatment	Yield (no. of cuttings per 10 plants)	Mean length (cm)	Mean node number	Mean diameter (mm)	Mean fresh matter (g)	Mean dry matter (g)

H1	Non-grafted	37	a	b	a	a	a
H1	Grafted	42	a	a	b	a	a
H3	Non-grafted	98	b	a	b	b	b
H3	Grafted	150	a	a	a	a	a
H5	Non-grafted	72	b	b	b	b	b
H5	Grafted	83	a	a	a	a	a

Significant differences of different treatments are compared in the same batch. H1: cuttings harvested on June 17; H3: cuttings harvested on July 27; H5: cuttings harvested on September 5; values (mean ± S.E.) labelled with a different letter suffix differ significantly from one another at the same time point according to Duncan’s multiple range test ().