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

Table 3

Relationships between some parameters in M9 apple and MA quince rootstock.

	WS	RWC	RSL increment	RSD increment	Plant fresh weight	Plant dry weight	CI	EL	Budding success
M9
WS	1.00**	0.90**	0.78*	0.75*	0.89**	0.81**	0.88**	−0.88**	0.94**
RWC		1.00**	0.74*	0.81**	0.86**	0.82**	0.89**	−0.91**	0.92**
MA
WS	1.00**	0.91**	0.71*	0.75*	0.87**	0.84**	0.90**	−0.89**	0.87**
RWC		1.00**	0.57 ^n.s	0.82**	0.82**	0.85**	0.91**	−0.88**	0.85**

Units: water stress (WS), relative water content (RCW), relative shoot length (RSL), relative shoot diameter (RSD), chlorophyll index (CI), and electrolyte leakage (EL); n.s.: not significant; 𝑃 < 0.05*;  𝑃<0.01**.