Effect of species, cutting position and exogenous rooting substances on rooting of honeybush (Cyclopia spp.) cuttings

Figures & data

Table 1 : Significant levels of the main factors on rooting of honeybush (Cyclopia spp.) cuttings during summer

	Pr > F
Source	Rooting percentage	Number of roots	Length of longest root	Mean root length
Hormone treatment (T)	ns	ns	ns	Ns
Species (S)	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001
Cutting position (P)	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.0360	ns
SxP	0.001	0.0016	ns	ns
TxS	ns	ns	ns	ns
TxP	ns	ns	ns	ns
TxSxP	ns	ns	ns	ns

Table 2 : Effect of species on rooting of honeybush (Cyclopia spp.) cuttings during summer. Means within a column with the same letter are not significantly different (LSD = 0.05)

	Per cutting
Species	Rooting percentage of roots	Number of roots	Length of longest root (mm)	Mean root length (mm)
C. genistoides	57.80^a	2.01^a	21.51^a	13.73^a
C. intermedia	28.60^b	0.71^b	7.59^b	5.63^b

Table 3 : Interactive effect of species and cutting position on rooting of honeybush (Cyclopia spp.) cuttings during summer. Means within a column with the same letter are not significantly different (LSD = 0.05). T = Terminal cutting position, ST = subterminal cutting position

	Per cutting
Species	Cutting position	Rooting percentage (%)	Number of roots	Length of longest root (mm)	Mean root length (mm)
C. genistoides	T	74.80^a	2.89^a	25.32^a	15.33^a
C. intermedia	T	32.80^bc	0.98^b	7.80^c	6.15^b
C. genistoides	ST	40.80^b	1.13^b	17.70^ab	12.12^a
C. intermedia	ST	24.40^c	0.44^bc	7.39^c	5.10^b