Treatments

Experiment one

Experiment two

Cum. number of flower buds

Cum. number of opened

flowers

Number of flowers/buds

Flower yield (kg/ha)

Cum. number of flower buds

Cum. number of opened

flowers

Number of

flowers/buds

Flower yield (kg/ha)

16†

16†

16†

16†

40†

40†

40†

40†

Season effect

Year 1

7.5

1.4

0.2

0.99

8.8

4.3

0.6

27.5

Year 2

24.7

9.6

0.3

7.37

119.1

37.2

0.3

233.2

LSD 0.05

1.47

0.70

0.08

9.80

9.32

3.51

0.09

20.19

Specie effect

Immaculate

11.0

4.0

0.3

2.56

61.7

20.9

0.5

128.0

P.H. Baby

21.3

6.9

0.2

5.81

66.2

20.7

0.4

132.7

LSD 0.05

5.21

2.82

0.05

ns

ns

ns

0.04

ns

Manure effect

0 t/ha PM

7.6

3.4

0.2

1.68

34.0

17.6

0.6

81.6

5 t/ha PM

24.2

9.4

0.4

5.63

100.8

26.7

0.4

158.5

10 t/ha PM

20.2

4.6

0.1

4.98

79.6

22.0

0.4

152.3

20 t/ha PM

12.5

4.5

0.3

4.44

41.3

16.9

0.4

129.0

LSD 0.05

3.67

1.54

0.06

ns

9.83

4.93

0.07

30.93

Interactions

Yr.*Sp.

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

Yr.*PM

ns

ns

ns

ns

**

ns

ns

ns

Sp.*PM

ns

*

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

Yr.*Sp.*PM

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns