Table 3.

Main effects of biostimulant dose, application method and cultivar on dry weights in various parts of snapdragon plants.

Treatments	Dry weight (g/ plant)
	Above ground parts				Underground parts
	Shoot	Leaf	Flower	Total
DOSE (g L−1) (D)
0	22.7c	8.0b	2.7b	33.4b	2.1c
0.1	25.3a	9.2a	3.8a	38.4 a	2.9a
0.2	23.6b	9.4a	3.7a	36.7a	2.5b
METHOD (M)
Foliar spray	23.9a	8.7a	3.8a	36.4 a	2.3b
Root drenching	23.9a	9.1a	3.0b	35.9 a	2.7a
CULTIVAR (CV)
Yellow floral showers	15.8b	6.3b	2.3b	24.4 b	2.0b
Red sonnet	32.0a	11.4a	4.5a	48.1 a	3.1a
SIGNIFICANCE
D	*	**	**	**	***
M	ns	ns	***	ns	***
CV	***	**	**	**	**
D × M	ns	ns	***	ns	**
D × CV	ns	ns	*	***	*
M × CV	ns	ns	***	ns	*
D × M × CV	ns	ns	**	*	ns

Different letters within each column indicate significant differences according to Duncan's multiple-range test (P ≤ 0.05).

ns, non significant,

^*P < 0.05,

^**0.01, and

^***0.001, indicate level of significance.