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Table 3 Comparisons of vegetative characteristics between the induced tetraploids and their corresponding diploid F. tataricum cultivars

From: Morphological, physiological, cytological and phytochemical studies in diploid and colchicine-induced tetraploid plants of Fagopyrum tataricum (L.) Gaertn

Vegetative characteristic (cm)

Qianwei 2#

Jinku 2#

Chuanqiao 1#

Liuqiao 1#

4x

2x

4x

2x

4x

2x

4x

2x

Plant height

66.30 ± 20.20a

55.03 ± 5.35a

62.21 ± 15.34a

56.00 ± 10.23a

59.80 ± 21.02a

61.67 ± 2.34a

75.00 ± 23.12a

69.90 ± 11.20a

Plant breadth

40.23 ± 12.34a

45.89 ± 9.21a

39.36 ± 12.89a

51.24 ± 18.21a

45.34 ± 18.23a

43.89 ± 8.90a

53.34 ± 20.01a

50.34 ± 15.78a

Diameter of basal stem

1.03 ± 0.38a

0.98 ± 0.31a

1.11 ± 0.38a

1.02 ± 0.30a

0.99 ± 0.20a

0.96 ± 0.13a

1.20 ± 0.14a

1.21 ± 0.33a

Leaf length

6.12 ± 0.12A

5.28 ± 0.28B

6.39 ± 0.22A

5.63 ± 0.26B

6.56 ± 0.17A

5.86 ± 0.15B

7.23 ± 0.32A

6.31 ± 0.18B

Leaf width

4.02 ± 0.28A

3.34 ± 0.17B

4.21 ± 0.21A

3.25 ± 0.13B

3.99 ± 0.15A

3.05 ± 0.11B

5.32 ± 0.21A

3.15 ± 0.15B

Leaf thickness

0.95 ± 0.05A

0.38 ± 0.13B

0.83 ± 0.04A

0.35 ± 0.11A

0.88 ± 0.14A

0.41 ± 0.10B

0.92 ± 0.09A

0.36 ± 0.16B

Leaf index (length/width)

1.43 ± 0.22a

1.21 ± 0.25b

1.48 ± 0.31a

1.11 ± 0.32b

1.32 ± 0.18a

1.39 ± 0.20a

1.42 ± 0.23a

1.35 ± 0.19a

  1. Different small-case/capital letters indicate the significance of difference between two mean values at the p = 0.05/0.01 level, respectively, as tested by two-sample t test, the same below