Table 2: Effects of polythene mulch and different irrigation water level treatments on different growth parameters of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.).
Treatment | Survival percentage (%) | Plant height at 70 DAS (cm) | Plant height at harvest (cm) | Number of leaf at 70 DAS | Number of leaf at harvesting | Petiol length (cm) | Leaf lamina length (cm) | Leaf lamina breath (cm) | Stem diameter (cm) at harvest |
T1 | 33.3c | 36.5cd | 92.2b | 18.8b | 25.2bc | 12.7c | 17.5cd | 15.4bc | 1.8bc |
T2 | 36.7c | 31.3d | 92.8b | 18.6b | 25.5bc | 12.9c | 17.8cd | 15.0c | 1.7bc |
T3 | 40.0bc | 32.8d | 93.6b | 19.5b | 24.7bc | 14.5bc | 20.1bc | 17.9b | 2.0b |
T4 | 86.7a | 89.4a | 113.0a | 25.9a | 28.4ab | 16.3ab | 22.7ab | 21.0a | 2.3a |
T5 | 50.0b | 40.1cd | 88.7b | 21.2b | 26.1bc | 12.1c | 16.8d | 13.7c | 1.6c |
T6 | 86.7a | 85.1a | 113.5a | 26.0a | 30.1a | 16.7ab | 23.6a | 21.2a | 2.4a |
T7 | 30.0c | 45.1c | 94.4b | 22.1b | 24.0c | 13.4c | 19.9c | 16.1bc | 1.9b |
T8 | 90.0a | 73.2b | 107.3a | 26.9a | 28.4ab | 17.4a | 23.7a | 21.3a | 2.4a |
CV | 11.8 | 9.4 | 4.7 | 8.2 | 7.2 | 9.2 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 8.4 |
SE (±) | 3.8 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.77 | 10.9 | 0.86 | 0.10 |
Note: Different letters in a column indicates statistically significant different at 5% level by DMRT.