Table 2.
Days after transfer | Treatment | Root length (cm) | Plant height (cm) | Root FW (g) | Stem FW (g) | Leaf FW (g) | Chlorophyll (mg/g) | Area of 2nd leaf (cm2) | Area of 3rd leaf (cm2) | Root vigor (mg/g·h−1) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
30 | - P. indica | 5.0 ± 0.3b | 10.5 ± 0.2b | 0.4 ± 0.1b | 1.2 ± 0.1b | 0.7 ± 0.0b | 47.4 ± 0.5b | 8.7 ± 0.6b | 8.5 ± 0.6b | 124.4 ± 0.7b |
+ P. indica | 8.6 ± 0.2a | 12.8 ± 0.3a | 1.2 ± 0.2a | 2.1 ± 0.2a | 1.5 ± 0.2a | 51.5 ± 0.2a | 15.6 ± 1.1a | 14.7 ± 1.1a | 527.4 ± 1.6a | |
45 | - P. indica | 5.8 ± 0.8b | 12.1 ± 0.5b | 1.5 ± 0.3a | 1.7 ± 0.3a | 1.1 ± 0.2b | 45.7 ± 0.5b | 8.2 ± 0.8b | 10.2 ± 1.4b | 145.8 ± 2.0b |
+ P. indica | 11.7 ± 0.9a | 14.1 ± 0.4b | 1.7 ± 0.2a | 2.6 ± 0.2a | 1.7 ± 0.2a | 48.4 ± 0.5a | 14.4 ± 1.2a | 13.7 ± 1.6a | 594.0 ± 1.8a | |
60 | - P. indica | 10.9 ± 0.7b | 13.0 ± 0.2b | 3.2 ± 0.4a | 2.3 ± 0.2b | 1.6 ± 0.1b | 43.0 ± 0.6b | 12.3 ± 0.9b | 10.4 ± 0.8a | 152.1 ± 1.3b |
+ P. indica | 14.2 ± 0.7a | 17.0 ± 0.5a | 3.5 ± 0.5a | 3.3 ± 0.3a | 2.1 ± 0.2a | 48.1 ± 0.6a | 16.2 ± 0.9a | 16.1 ± 1.2a | 612.1 ± 3.9a |
Data are based on 3 independent experiments. The errors are SDs. Values in a column followed by different letters are significantly different at P < 0.05 according to the Duncan’s multiple range test
Significant differences (p<0.05) are indicated in different letters (a, b)