Table 4. Impact of foliar applied potassium and moringa leaf extract on number of branches per plant, number of pods per plant, and 100-grain weight of normal and late sown kabuli chickpea.
| Treatments | Branches per plant | Pods per plant | 100-grain weight (g) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NS | LS | Mean (T) | NS | LS | Mean (T) | NS | LS | Mean (T) | |
| Control | 18.33 | 13.33 | 15.83B | 45.33 | 38.33 | 41.83D | 25.16e | 24.36f | 24.76E |
| Water spray | 18.66 | 14.00 | 16.33B | 49.00 | 39.33 | 44.16D | 25.50e | 25.26e | 25.38D |
| K 1% | 19.33 | 15.33 | 17.33B | 52.66 | 44.66 | 48.66C | 26.66cd | 26.55d | 26.60C |
| MLE 3% | 23.00 | 16.66 | 19.83A | 56.33 | 47.00 | 51.66B | 27.51b | 26.66cd | 27.09AB |
| K + MLE | 25.00 | 17.33 | 21.16A | 60.66 | 51.66 | 56.16A | 28.15a | 27.28bc | 27.71A |
| Mean (S) | 20.86A | 15.33B | 52.80A | 44.20B | 26.60A | 26.02B | |||
| HSD | S = 2.29, T = 2.389, S×T = NS | S = 3.107, T = 4.694, S×T = NS | S = 0.199, T = 0.375, S×T = 0.672 | ||||||
Means sharing the same letter did not differ significantly at P = 0.05, MLE = Moringa leaf extract, K = Potassium, S = Sowing date, T = Foliar treatments.