“Goodstreak”

“Wesley”

Planting

GA₃¹

2006

2007

2008

Mean

2006

2007

2008

Mean

date

ppm²

Plant height³, cm

mid Sep⁴

0

11.3

16.5

13.7

13.7

15.6

19.4

16.0

16.9

125

12.8

16.6

13.7

14.3

16.7

18.9

15.4

17.0

250

13.1

16.7

14.1

14.5

17.9

20.2

16.3

18.1

500

14.2

20.1

14.3

16.1

19.8

20.1

16.9

19.0

1000

15.8

22.7

17.6

18.5

21.2

22.6

19.7

21.2

early Oct

0

8.3

11.0

8.6

9.2

9.4

13.1

10.2

10.8

125

10.9

12.6

9.6

11.0

10.3

13.4

10.2

11.3

250

13.1

15.6

11.6

13.4

12.0

14.5

11.5

12.6

500

16.1

17.9

13.7

15.9

14.0

15.1

13.0

14.0

1000

16.8

20.3

16.6

17.7

15.6

17.8

16.0

16.4

mid Oct

0

4.5

6.7

6.7

5.9

5.3

7.5

6.9

6.5

125

5.7

7.8

8.1

7.1

6.2

7.9

7.3

7.1

250

6.8

9.7

8.4

8.0

7.1

8.6

8.3

7.9

500

7.5

10.3

10.0

9.1

7.2

9.4

8.7

8.3

1000

8.2

12.0

11.0

10.3

7.8

10.4

9.4

9.1

LSD 0.05

2.0

1.3

1.7

1.2

1.5

1.3

1.2

1.2

GA₃ treatment (G)

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