Maitra and Roychowdhury
average monthly leaf number of anthurium
treatments
17 th
18 th
19 th
20 th
21 st
22 nd
23 rd
24 th
month month month month month month month month
T 0
9.00
8.67
9.67
10.33
10.33
10.33
10.67
10.33
T 1
8.00
8.67
9.33
10.00
9.67
9.33
10.00
9.67
T 2
7.67
7.67
7.33
6.67
6.33
9.33
8.67
8.67
T 3
7.00
7.33
7.33
7.67
7.00
7.67
8.33
7.67
T 4
11.67
13.67
14.33
15.67
15.00
13.67
13.00
14.33
T 5
5.33
5.00
5.00
5.00
4.00
4.67
4.67
5.00
T 6
12.00
11.67
10.00
10.00
8.33
8.00
7.33
6.00
S. Em ±
3.18
3.57
3.37
3.24
3.12
2.65
2.39
2.17
C.D. at 5%
N.S.
N.S.
N.S.
N.S.
N.S.
N.S.
N.S.
N.S.
Effect of plant growth regulators on leaf length of anthurium
Plant growth regulators showed varied results regarding the monthly average leaf
length of anthurium. However, control Plants (T 0 ) produced the longest leaves
from 18 th to 24 th month of crop growth (Table 2).
table 2: Effect of plant growth regulators on the monthly leaf length of anthurium
plants cv. Nitta.
Leaf length (cm)
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
13.47
16.00
12.83
14.00
13.67
14.67
15.67
15.00
T 1
12.67
13.00
11.33
12.00
12.83
13.67
13.83
11.67
T 2
12.43
12.33
11.00
12.00
12.50
12.00
11.67
10.83
T 3
12.87
13.07
12.67
12.83
13.17
13.00
13.17
11.33
T 4
12.93
13.47
12.33
13.00
13.33
13.00
12.83
10.67
T 5
11.47
12.00
10.33
9.33
9.50
9.50
12.00
11.50
T 6
9.97
10.67
9.83
10.00
10.50
10.67
10.67
9.50
S. Em ±
0.63
0.83
0.75
0.97
0.78
1.13
1.25
1.37
C.D. at 5%
1.94
2.54
N.S.
2.97
2.39
N.S.
N.S.
N.S.
(contd…..)
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