. 2019 Aug 20;8(8):293. doi: 10.3390/plants8080293

Table 2.

Mean values of onion growth indices as affected by bulb planting time and density (n = 3 ± SD).

Source of Variance	Leaf Area (cm² Per Plant)	Leaf Area Index (LAI) (m²·m⁻²)	Dry Weight (g Per Plant)	Dry Weight (g Per m²)
Year (Y)
2014	852.1 ± 12.3	0.27 ± 0.004	65.4 ± 0.49	203.3 ± 2.72
2015	888.0 ± 3.4	0.28 ± 0.002	68.3 ± 0.79	212.2 ± 2.87
	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.
Planting time (Pt)
20 December	1517.5 ± 23.2 ^a	0.48 ± 0.008 ^a	93.3 ± 1.54 ^a	293.3 ± 5.65 ^a
10 January	748.0 ± 13.1 ^b	0.24 ± 0.004 ^b	89.5 ± 1.26 ^a	279.7 ± 5.96 ^a
31 January	664.4 ± 11.5 ^b	0.21 ± 0.004 ^b	54.1 ± 0.82 ^b	166.9 ± 2.91 ^b
21 February	552.1 ± 24.3 ^c	0.17 ± 0.007 ^c	30.7 ± 1.51 ^c	91.6 ± 4.48 ^c
Bulb density per m² (Bd)
2.0	935.3 ± 8.2 ^a	0.19 ± 0.002 ^d	73.8 ± 0.75 ^a	147.6 ± 1.51 ^d
2.5	869.7 ± 11.6 ^a,b	0.22 ± 0.003 ^c	71.7 ± 0.93 ^a	179.3 ± 2.32 ^c
3.3	838.3 ± 10.2 ^b	0.28 ± 0.003 ^b	62.5 ± 0.92 ^b	206.3 ± 4.01 ^b
5.0	838.8 ± 13.0 ^b	0.42 ± 0.007 ^a	59.6 ± 1.07 ^b	298.0 ± 5.33 ^a
Y × Pt	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.
Y × Bd	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.
Pt × Bd	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.
Y × Pt × Bd	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.

Within each column, n.s. = no statistically significant difference; means followed by different letters are significantly different according to the Duncan test at p ≤ 0.05. Mean values ± standard deviations have been reported for the main effects of the experimental factors.