Plant height¹

Fresh weight¹

Dry weight

Planting

GA₃²

November

March/April

May

May

date³

ppm⁴

cm

kg·m⁻²

mid Sep

0

16.4

20.0

81

2.7

0.70

125

15.9

19.5

81

3.0

0.73

250

16.7

19.3

79

2.7

0.68

500

15.8

18.4

78

2.9

0.70

1000

16.9

17.1

80

2.8

0.69

early Oct

0

10.9

14.4

78

2.5

0.63

125

11.5

13.5

79

2.6

0.62

250

12.4

13.9

76

2.5

0.65

500

13.7

13.3

75

2.5

0.63

1000

15.1

13.2

77

2.5

0.63

early Oct

0

7.2

10.3

66

1.8

0.48

125

9.7

9.3

65

1.8

0.45

250

11.2

10.2

65

2.0

0.50

500

12.0

10.8

63

1.8

0.45

1000

12.5

10.4

61

1.7

0.43

LSD 0.05

1.1

1.5

4

0.3

0.07

GA₃ treatment (G)

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ns

ns

ns

ns

Planting date (P)

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G^*P

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ns

ns

ns

ns