The Effect of Water Stress on Some Morphological, Physiological, and Biochemical Characteristics and Bud Success on Apple and Quince Rootstocks

Table 1

The effects of water stress on M9 apple and MA quince rootstocks increment of relative shoot length (RSL), and relative shoot diameter (RSD), and plant total fresh and dry weights.

Water stress	RSL increment (%)	RSD increment (%)	Plant fresh weight; (g)	Plant dry weight; (g)
M9
Control	8.21^a	5.76	171.44^a	75.15^a
Moderate	4.63^a	5.27	137.82^b	67.66^b
Severe	2.65^b	3.65	112.39^c	59.56^c
LSD	3.92*	n.s.	12.26**	5.02*
MA
Control	25.01^a	4.40	187.25^a	82.19^a
Moderate	22.97^a	4.01	143.38^b	70.20^b
Severe	5.09^b	2.61	115.72^c	61.19^c
LSD	14.57**	n.s.	14.58**	4.79*

𝐹 test:*𝑃<0.05; ** <0.01; n.s.: not significant.
The means followed by the same letter in each column are not significantly different according to LSD test at 5% or 1% level.