Treatments

Vegetative Growth

Reproductive Growth

Vine Length (cm)

Stem Girth (cm)

No. of Leaves

No. of Side-Vines

No. of Male Flowers

No. of Female Flowers

No. of Fruits

Fruit Size

Fruit Yield (t/ha)

Fruit Length (cm)

Fruit Circumference

10†

11†

11†

11†

13†

13†

13†

13†

13†

13†

Season

Year I

168.

0.60

57.0

2.0

48.3

2.8

3.1

44.0

24.0

1.2

Year II

283.0

0.70

49.3

3.5

5.6

1.8

2.9

24.5

15.6

0.4

LSD

26.0

0.03

3.8

0.6

6.2

0.4

ns

9.0

4.5

0.2

Intercrop Population

NC (no intercrop)

178.2

0.62

43.3

2.1

16.0

1.5

2.7

35.1

19.8

1.3

10PC (100,000)

255.5

0.67

56.0

3.0

14.9

2.4

3.6

39.8

24.2

0.7

20PC (200,000)

217.5

0.65

55.8

3.1

34.7

2.6

3.0

32.3

17.4

0.5

30PC (300,000)

252.4

0.66

53.7

2.8

42.2

2.7

2.5

29.8

17.8

0.5

LSD

ns

0.05

5.4

0.8

8.7

0.6

ns

Ns

6.4

0.2

Manure Rate

0 t/ha PM

208.0

0.61

48.9

2.5

15.6

1.8

3.0

20.4

11.2

0.3

5 t/ha PM

232.4

0.69

52.4

2.4

26.6

2.2

2.3

33.5

18.2

0.6

10 t/ha PM

209.8

0.62

50.9

2.5

32.3

2.1

2.6

42.3

21.2

0.8

20 t/ha PM

253.4

0.69

60.5

3.7

33.3

3.0

3.9

40.7

28.7

1.4

LSD

36.7

0.05

5.4

0.8

8.7

0.6

ns

12.7

6.4

0.24

Interaction

S × P

*

Ns

ns

ns

**

**

ns

ns

**

**

S × M

ns

*

**

ns

**

**

ns

*

**

**

P × M

ns

Ns

*

ns

**

Ns

ns

ns

Ns

**

S × P × M

ns

Ns

ns

ns

*

Ns

ns

ns

Ns

**