Table 2.

Effect of LM on the growth parameters of C. indicum.

Growth parameters	LM treatment (mg/L)	Week of cultivation
		2	4	6	8
Plant height (mm)	Control	3.50 ± 0.66a	8.65 ± 0.93a	15.12 ± 1.45ab	21.22 ± 3.07ab
	10	4.20 ± 0.49abc	8.62 ± 0.62a	13.83 ± 1.16a	20.13 ± 1.42a
	20	4.32 ± 0.73bc	9.35 ± 0.96a	16.50 ± 1.91b	23.73 ± 2.72bc
	30	4.02 ± 0.68abc	9.40 ± 1.29a	16.83 ± 1.36b	26.53 ± 2.25c
	40	4.75 ± 0.31c	11.63 ± 1.65b	23.23 ± 3.09c	36.73 ± 3.62d
	50	3.67 ± 0.60ab	9.87 ± 1.12a	21.13 ± 2.3c	30.20 ± 2.80e
	60	3.52 ± 0.37a	9.45 ± 1.56a	15.19 ± 2.11ab	25.98 ± 2.83c
Root number	Control	1.67 ± 0.82a	2.50 ± 0.84a	2.50 ± 0.84a	2.67 ± 0.82a
	10	1.50 ± 0.55a	2.00 ± 0.89a	2.00 ± 0.63a	2.33 ± 0.82a
	20	2.00 ± 0.63a	2.50 ± 0.55a	2.50 ± 0.84a	2.67 ± 0.82a
	30	1.67 ± 0.82a	1.67 ± 0.82a	2.83 ± 0.41a	3.17 ± 0.41a
	40	1.50 ± 0.55a	2.17 ± 0.41a	2.17 ± 0.41a	2.83 ± 0.98a
	50	1.33 ± 0.82a	2.17 ± 0.98a	2.33 ± 0.82a	3.50 ± 1.22a
	60	1.17 ± 0.41a	1.83 ± 0.75a	2.17 ± 0.41a	2.83 ± 0.98a
Leaf number	Control	3.00 ± 0.63ab	5.83 ± 0.41a	8.17 ± 0.75ab	9.50 ± 0.84a
	10	3.67 ± 0.82bc	6.00 ± 0.63a	7.67 ± 1.03a	9.33 ± 1.03a
	20	3.50 ± 0.55abc	6.00 ± 0.00a	7.67 ± 0.52a	9.50 ± 0.84a
	30	2.83 ± 0.75ab	6.00 ± 0.63a	8.50 ± 1.52ab	10.83 ± 1.72ab
	40	3.67 ± 0.82bc	6.50 ± 0.84a	9.17 ± 1.17ab	12.33 ± 1.86b
	50	4.00 ± 0.63c	6.67 ± 1.03a	9.33 ± 1.75b	11.83 ± 2.48b
	60	2.67 ± 0.82a	5.83 ± 0.98a	9.17 ± 0.98ab	11.50 ± 1.38b
Node number	Control	1.17 ± 0.41a	3.67 ± 0.52abc	5.67 ± 0.52a	6.83 ± 1.17a
	10	1.17 ± 0.41a	3.33 ± 0.82ab	5.67 ± 0.82a	6.83 ± 0.98a
	20	1.67 ± 0.52a	4.33 ± 0.82bc	6.00 ± 0.89ab	7.33 ± 0.82a
	30	1.17 ± 0.52a	4.00 ± 0.63abc	6.33 ± 0.52ab	7.50 ± 1.52a
	40	1.33 ± 0.52a	4.50 ± 1.05c	7.00 ± 1.41b	9.00 ± 1.26b
	50	1.17 ± 0.41a	3.17 ± 1.17a	6.00 ± 0.89ab	8.17 ± 0.75ab
	60	1.50 ± 0.55a	4.17 ± 0.41abc	6.50 ± 0.84ab	7.83 ± 1.47ab

Significantly different values (p < 0.05) are indicated by different letters.