Organic residues

Plant height (cm)

Number of leaves

Stem girth (cm)

Leaf area (cm²)

Internode length (cm)

Days to 50% flowering

2013

2014

2013

2014

2013

2014

2013

2014

2013

2014

2013

2014

No application

36.0

28.5

10.1

10.4

1.8

2.1

56.4

67.8

5.4

4.8

32.4

33.0

Urea fertilizer

60.1

58.6

11.0

11.2

4.0

3.8

116.5

107.2

9.2

7.6

31.2

30.9

Poultry manure

51.3

52.4

13.5

12.6

3.4

3.8

105.4

114.1

8.7

8.7

31.4

31.0

Cow dung

46.4

49.6

12.0

13.1

3.5

3.8

92.1

88.4

7.9

6.3

30.9

31.5

LSD 0.05

4.21

3.66

ns

1.13

0.23

ns

12.6

13.8

0.94

1.33

ns

ns

Varieties

Lady’s finger

41.1

47.2

12.0

13.4

4.1

3.8

83.4

93.6

8.3

8.1

32.3

31.8

LD88

50.2

48.5

12.3

12.8

4.5

3.8

106.2

89.1

9.4

9.1

30.6

30.7

Okole

32.6

39.4

11.4

10.6

2.8

3.6

64.4

73.0

6.6

5.4

42.1

40.4

LSD 0.05

5.61

2.23

ns

1.14

0.52

ns

26.4

4.90

0.86

2.4

4.31

2.88

Organic manure × variety

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns