Table 4 Effect of population, rootstock and grafting on the sensory analysis of fruits of the “Moruno” tomato type.

From: Response of healthy local tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) populations to grafting in organic farming

Treatment

Flavor preference

Visual appearance

Ungrafted

Mor-62

7.00 a A

8.57 a A

Mor-204

7.57 a A

6.29 b A

Mean

7.29 $

7.43

Grafted

Main effects ANOVA

Population

   Mor-62

6.95 a A

7.62 a B

   Mor-204

5.90 b B

7.14 a A

   Mean

6.43 $

7.38

Rootstock

   King-Kong (K)

6.36 ab

7.21

   Multifort (M)

5.79 b

7.50

   Spirit (S)

7.14 a

7.43

Significance

   Population (P)

*

NS

   Rootstock (R)

*

NS

   P × R

NS

*

Mor-62

   King-Kong (K)

6.86

8.00 ab

   Multifort (M)

6.29

8.14 a

   Spirit (S)

7.71

6.71 b

Mor-204

   King-Kong (K)

5.86

6.43 b

   Multifort (M)

5.29

6.86 b

   Spirit (S)

6.57

8.14 a

  1. Values ranked through a hedonic scale from 1 to 9.
  2. NS: not significant; *significance at P  < 0.05.
  3. Within each modality (ungrafted populations; grafted populations; rootstocks; rootstocks for each population), different lowercase letters in the same column indicates significant differences; within each population, different capital letters in the same column indicates differences between grafted and ungrafted population; in the same column, the $ symbol besides the grafted and ungrafted means (averaged for the two populations) indicates significant differences. Friedman test (P  < 0.05).
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