Treatment

No. of leaves/ plant

Leaf area / plant (cm²)

Root length

(cm)

Root diameter

(cm)

Root weight/ plant (g)

Top weight/ plant (g)

Yield (ton/fad)

T.S.S.

(%)

Purity

(%)

Sucrose

(%)

Top

Root

Sugar

2016/2017 season

T₁

23.67

10,821.67

23.22

10.22

718.82

560.00

27.49

30.09

5.80

22.70

84.98

19.29

T₂

35.55

13,523.33

28.67

15.55

961.70

695.43

32.43

34.33

5.93

21.42

80.86

17.32

T₃

30.89

12,588.33

27.22

14.33

875.46

681.77

28.65

32.83

5.90

21.91

82.10

17.99

T₄

29.56

11,505.67

26.22

12.26

785.41

669.10

23.47

27.04

5.29

23.80

82.35

19.60

T₅

19.33

6165.00

19.56

7.40

601.30

484.67

18.70

20.77

4.21

24.32

83.35

20.27

T₆

27.00

12,238.00

24.89

12.16

792.03

634.33

30.74

37.01

7.23

22.78

85.91

19.57

LSD at 5%

1.60

239.10

1.28

0.08

49.40

45.00

5.32

3.51

0.66

1.26

1.79

0.27

2017/2018 season

T₁

25.00

11,050.00

23.22

11.34

758.90

683.92

31.33

33.43

6.57

23.69

80.81

19.66

T₂

36.35

13,929.33

29.33

16.63

1092.32

800.02

33.06

35.38

6.23

22.40

80.22

17.97

T₃

33.80

12,734.33

28.22

15.34

1047.88

792.22

31.47

34.21

6.37

23.20

80.39

18.65

T₄

29.67

11,635.00

27.21

13.29

919.00

782.43

29.97

33.01

6.65

24.98

80.70

20.16

T₅

19.67

6338.33

20.67

8.49

622.67

586.67

23.48

26.25

5.48

25.85

82.99

20.89

T₆

28.33

12,473.33

25.22

13.16

819.00

737.57

34.49

37.60

7.46

23.71

83.76

19.86

LSD at 5%

1.87

287.14

1.08

0.11

49.18

47.86

0.79

1.63

0.28

0.21

2.72

0.56