Table 2.
Effect of GanoCare® on growth of oil palm seedlingsa.
| Trt. | Height (cm) | Bulb diameter (mm) | Leaf area (cm2) | Fresh weight (g) | Dry weight (g) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leaf | Bole | Root | Leaf | Bole | Root | ||||
| CT | 61.93c | 37.84c | 1491.60b | 69.07b | 64.65d | 107.06b | 39.07b | 22.14c | 40.84b |
| T1 | 67.92b (10) | 39.09bc (3) | 1822.49a (22) | 80.44ab (17) | 76.51bc (18) | 121.02ab (13) | 44.61ab (14) | 28.55b (29) | 49.23ab (21) |
| T2 | 68.34b (10) | 40.76ab (8) | 1817.84a (22) | 87.83ab (27) | 74.86c (16) | 118.92ab (11) | 40.93b (5) | 28.54b (29) | 51.49ab (26) |
| T3 | 74.81a (21) | 41.71a (10) | 1886.22a (27) | 89.76a (30) | 83.27ab (29) | 134.66a (26) | 48.21a (23) | 31.56ab (43) | 55.37a (36) |
| T4 | 76.48a (23) | 41.83a (11) | 1916.18a (29) | 94.02a (36) | 86.69a (34) | 135.6a (27) | 47.72a (22) | 33.02a (49) | 55.57a (36) |
aValues are means of 6 replicates; the same letters within samples in a column for a given parameter are not significantly different according to least significant difference (LSD) at p < 0.05. Values in parenthesis are increment percentage relative to the controls.