Table 3.
Effect of different treatments on the number of pods and pod weight of groundnut plants.
| Treatments | No of pods/plant |
Pod weight/plant (g) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60th | 90th | 120th | 60th | 90th | 120th | |
| T1 | 31.0 ± 1.63c | 77.25 ± 2.06d | 108.5 ± 3.31e | 13.59 ± 1.36e | 86.14 ± 3.39e | 146.87 ± 3.77d |
| T2 | 38.25 ± 1.70b | 120.25 ± 3.77b | 156.25 ± 4.11c | 33.41 ± 2.31c | 136.24 ± 2.56c | 189.34 ± 3.08c |
| T3 | 55.25 ± 2.5a | 132.25 ± 2.62a | 183.25 ± 2.36a | 76.732 ± 3.30a | 188.44 ± 1.91a | 316.75 ± 3.31a |
| T4 | 52.5 ± 2.64a | 122.00 ± 2.44b | 162.25 ± 4.50b | 57.21 ± 2.80b | 165.68 ± 3.61b | 249.61 ± 6.52b |
| T5 | 38.0 ± 2.16b | 93.25 ± 3.09c | 140.5 ± 1.91d | 27.02 ± 2.61d | 122.47 ± 2.46d | 188.82 ± 5.30c |
| Treatments: 585.613*** Days: 7189.519*** Treatments × Days: 53.610*** |
Treatments: 1879.525*** Days: 13117.951*** Treatments × Days: 158.844*** |
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Values are mean ± SD of four replication samples in each group; Column means followed by common superscript are not significant at 5 % level by DMRT; *** indicates P < 0.001; ** indicates P < 0.01& * indicates P < 0.05 versus control.
T1: Uninoculated Control; T2: Seeds treated with liquid formulation; T3: Seeds treated with liquid formulation and the soil amended with organic manure (Farmyard); T4: Soil amended with organic manure (Farmyard) alone; T5: Seeds treated with lignite (solid) based bioinoculant.