Effect of Gibberellin and Cytokinin
Results and Discussion
Effect of plant growth regulators on leaf number of anthurium
Plantgrowthregulatorshadnosignificantinfluenceonleafproductionofanthurium
throughout the entire growth period. Results revealed that the average monthly
leaf number was fluctuated greatly with stage of crop growth. (Table 1).
table 1 : Effect of plant growth regulators on the leaf production of
anthurium plants cv. Nitta.
average monthly leaf number of anthurium
treatments
1 st
2 nd
3 rd
4 th
5 th
6 th
7 th
8 th
month month month month month month month month
T 0
4.00
4.00
4.67
5.00
4.67
5.00
4.67
5.00
T 1
4.33
4.00
4.33
4.33
4.33
4.00
4.00
4.33
T 2
4.33
5.00
5.00
5.00
4.33
3.67
4.33
5.00
T 3
4.00
3.67
4.00
4.33
4.00
4.00
4.33
4.67
T 4
3.67
3.67
4.00
4.33
4.33
4.00
4.00
4.33
T 5
3.00
3.33
3.33
4.00
3.33
3.67
3.67
4.00
T 6
3.33
3.33
3.33
3.33
3.67
3.67
4.00
3.67
S. Em ±
0.58
0.55
0.60
0.53
0.28
0.30
0.26
0.35
C.D. at 5%
N.S.
N.S.
N.S.
N.S.
N.S.
N.S.
N.S.
N.S.
(contd…..)
average monthly leaf number of anthurium
treatments
9 th
10 th
11 th
12 th
13 th
14 th
15 th
16 th
month month month month month month month month
T 0
5.33
6.33
7.67
8.33
8.33
9.00
9.00
9.00
T 1
4.67
5.00
5.33
5.67
5.67
5.33
5.67
6.33
T 2
4.67
4.00
5.67
7.00
6.33
7.67
7.67
7.33
T 3
5.67
6.33
5.00
5.00
5.33
5.33
5.00
5.33
T 4
5.00
5.67
6.33
5.33
5.67
6.67
7.33
9.00
T 5
3.67
4.00
4.33
4.00
4.33
5.00
5.00
5.00
T 6
4.00
4.33
4.00
4.67
5.00
6.00
6.33
8.33
S. Em ±
0.55
0.71
0.87
1.33
1.38
1.88
2.08
2.30
C.D. at 5%
N.S.
N.S.
N.S.
N.S.
N.S.
N.S.
N.S.
N.S.
(contd…..)
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