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. 2025 Oct 30;2025:5512707. doi: 10.1155/sci5/5512707

Table 2.

Growth traits of cassava cultivars derived from various plantlet sources in the pot and field experiments.

Factors	Pot experiment				Field experiment
Factors	Leaf area (cm² plant⁻¹)	SLA (cm² g⁻¹)	Multiply rate (number plant⁻¹)	Stem diameter (cm)	Leaf area (LA) (cm² plant⁻¹)	SLA (cm² g⁻¹)	Multiply rate (number plant⁻¹)	Stem diameter (cm)
Cultivar (C)
KU50	17,952^b	205.39	6.81	18.96^b	18,567^b	199.39^b	4.61^a	21.21^c
RY9	19,739^b	203.36	6.46	22.40^a	18,612^b	199.76^b	4.08^b	22.81^b
HB60	29,727^a	214.01	6.46	22.67^a	27,520^a	211.63^a	4.25^ab	24.93^a

F-test	^∗∗	ns	ns	^∗∗	^∗∗	^∗∗	^∗	^∗∗

Sources (S)
Control	21,037	207.35	7.75^a	20.35^b	19,615^b	201.48	4.48	21.70^b
Leaf bud	21,038	204.88	6.00^b	21.56^ab	21,305^b	204.50	4.22	23.24^ab
Mini	24,242	210.18	6.45^b	22.45^a	20,763^b	203.91	4.44	23.52^a
Normal	23,573	207.93	6.12^b	21.02^ab	24,582^a	201.48	4.11	23.48^a

F-test	ns	ns	^∗∗	^∗	^∗∗	ns	ns	^∗

C × S	ns	ns	^∗	ns	^∗∗	ns	ns	ns

C.V. (%)	22.78	7.22	19.82	8.49	11.05	4.12	9.38	5.27

Note: Different lowercase letters represent significant differences among cassava cultivars and cassava plantlets at p-value ≤ 0.05.

Abbreviations: C.V. = coefficient of variation, ns = nonsignificant, SLA = specific leaf area.

^∗Significant at p ≤ 0.05.

^∗∗Significant at p ≤ 0.01.