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Table 3.

Growth analysis of stem and leaf in seedling stage in Papaya.

Treatments	Growth and Development Index
Treatments	Plant Height (m plant⁻¹)	Stem Diameter (cm plant⁻¹)	Chlorophyll SPAD	Dry Weight (g plant⁻¹)
CK	19.48 ± 2.25 ^e	5.03 ± 0.32 ^d	9.44 ± 0.89 ^e	1.59 ± 0.11 ^e
C	22.80 ± 3.71 ^de	8.86 ± 0.43 ^c	10.72 ± 0.97 ^e	3.25 ± 0.48 ^cd
L	24.41 ± 2.91 ^cde	9.45 ± 1.39 ^bc	11.32 ± 1.83 ^de	3.28 ± 0.09 ^cd
N	26.92 ± 1.42 ^bcd	10.21 ± 0.29 ^bc	15.98 ± 1.34 ^bc	4.99 ± 1.06 ^ab
CL	28.54 ± 3.58 ^abc	11.07 ± 0.55 ^ab	18.67 ± 2.11 ^b	4.85 ± 0.79 ^ab
CN	32.38 ± 4.15 ^ab	11.99 ± 0.31 ^a	14.97 ± 1.25 ^c	5.59 ± 0.32 ^a
LN	28.71 ± 3.23 ^abc	10.12 ± 0.82 ^bc	18.21 ± 1.49 ^b	4.23 ± 0.02 ^bc
CLN	33.21 ± 2.77 ^a	11.94 ± 1.87 ^a	25.67 ± 1.46 ^a	4.64 ± 0.91 ^ab
NT	21.29 ± 1.31 ^e	9.46 ± 0.57 ^bc	13.58 ± 2.22 ^cd	2.42 ± 0.32 ^de
ANOVA
C×	**	***	***	***
L×	*	***	***	Ns
N×	***	***	***	***
C×L	Ns	Ns	***	Ns
C×N	Ns	Ns	Ns	*
L×N	Ns	***	Ns	***
C×L×N	Ns	Ns	Ns	Ns

CK—the control without the use of bio-pesticides, C—use of 0.50 g L⁻¹ Chitosan, L—use of 10.00 g L⁻¹ Lentinan, N—use of 0.05 g L⁻¹ Ningnanmycin, CL—Chitosan plus Lentinan, CN—Chitosan plus Ningnanmycin, LN—Lentinan plus Ningnanmycin, CLN—Chitosan plus Lentinan plus Ningnanmycin. All the above treatments were applied by means of root irrigation with 200 mL, foliar spraying with 200 mL, and then inoculated with PRSV virus. NT—negative control without PRSV inoculation. Different lowercase letters indicate significant differences at the 0.05 level. *—p < 0.05, **—p < 0.01, ***—p < 0.001, Ns—Not significant.