Table 1 Two way analysis of variance for growth parameters of Chinese potato genotypes under in vitro PEG mediated osmotic stress conditions in a 5 × 3 factorial experiment in complete randomized design (fCRD).

From: Reactive oxygen species scavenging mechanisms associated with polyethylene glycol mediated osmotic stress tolerance in Chinese potato

Source

df

Days to sprout

No. of shoots

No. of leaves

No. of roots

Length of shoots

Length of roots

Genotypes

4

37.6**

5.3**

30.9**

16.1**

1.7*

1.90**

PEG

2

212.3**

8.9**

28.7**

57.2**

13.7**

3.02**

Genotypes × PEG

8

17.0**

0.2NS

2.7NS

2.9*

0.8NS

0.02NS

Error

30

5.7

1.3

4.7

1.2

0.4

0.2

  1. *, ** and NS Indicates p ≤ 0.05, p ≤ 0.01 and p > 0.05, respectively.