Irrigation | Fertilizer rates | Plant height (cm) | No of Leaves | Leaf Area (cm2) | Fresh weight (g) | Dry weight (g) | ||||
Stem | Leaves | Total | Stem | Leaves | Total | |||||
Optimal Irrigation | 0 | 80 | 4.2 | 1537 | 46.3 | 19.0 | 65.3 | 25.0 | 9.5 | 34.5 |
1 | 108 | 4.4 | 3201 | 69.8 | 29.8 | 99.6 | 37.3 | 11.7 | 49.0 | |
2 | 127 | 4.7 | 4500 | 72.3 | 34.5 | 106.8 | 38.8 | 13.7 | 52.5 | |
3 | 137 | 5.3 | 5354 | 90.7 | 38.0 | 128.7 | 47.1 | 15.0 | 62.1 | |
Omit 2nd irrigation | 0 | 73 | 4.1 | 1479 | 50.3 | 18.8 | 69.1 | 25.6 | 10.0 | 35.6 |
1 | 88 | 3.9 | 1796 | 67.3 | 21.5 | 88.8 | 27.0 | 10.8 | 37.8 | |
2 | 103 | 4.2 | 2613 | 72.2 | 25.3 | 97.5 | 34.5 | 12.5 | 47.0 | |
3 | 110 | 5.3 | 3348 | 83.5 | 31.0 | 114.5 | 41.5 | 12.5 | 54.0 | |
Omit 4th irrigation | 0 | 68 | 3.8 | 1569 | 20.2 | 16.3 | 46.5 | 14.6 | 7.0 | 21.6 |
1 | 72 | 3.4 | 1576 | 37.8 | 19.3 | 57.1 | 16.2 | 10.0 | 26.1 | |
2 | 91 | 3.8 | 1943 | 42.0 | 21.2 | 63.2 | 19.1 | 11.0 | 30.1 | |
3 | 98 | 4.5 | 2145 | 51.2 | 25.2 | 76.4 | 20.1 | 11.7 | 31.8 | |
LSD (P ≤ 0.05) | 8 | NS | 567 | NS | NS | 10.8 | 7.7 | NS | 8.0 |