Treatment

Plant height

(cm)

Number of branches per plant

Primary

Secondary

Tertiary

Genotypes

V₁

51.83a

4.63ab

8.89a

20.23a

V₂

46.81b

4.53b

8.68b

17.48b

V₃

46.46b

4.30c

7.83d

15.62d

V₄

44.13c

4.73a

8.07c

16.43c

Date of sowing

D₁

48.31b

4.81a

9.68a

19.46b

D₂

50.78a

4.82a

9.81a

19.82a

D₃

45.98c

4.35b

7.27b

15.78c

D₄

44.15d

4.20c

6.70c

14.69d

LSD (5%)

0.841

0.124

0.203

0.261

Interaction

V₁

D₁

52.73b

5.00a

10.53a

22.00a

D₂

55.83a

4.90ab

10.73a

22.50a

D₃

50.93c

4.40d-f

7.50d

18.40cd

D₄

47.80d

4.20f-h

6.80e

18.00de

V₂

D₁

47.87d

4.70bc

9.80b

19.80b

D₂

50.23c

4.70bc

9.90b

20.20b

D₃

45.27ef

4.40d-f

7.60d

16.07f

D₄

43.87f

4.30e-g

7.40d

13.87h

V₃

D₁

47.80d

4.50c-e

9.20c

17.50e

D₂

50.17c

4.60cd

9.30c

17.80e

D₃

44.13f

4.10gh

6.70e

14.17gh

D₄

43.73f

4.00h

6.10f

13.00i

V₄

D₁

44.83f

6.03a

9.20c

18.53c

D₂

46.87de

5.07a

9.30c

18.77c

D₃

43.60f

4.50c-e

7.27d

14.50g

D₄

41.20g

4.30e-g

6.50ef

13.90h

LSD (5%)

1.682

0.247

0.405

0.522

CV%

2.13

3.29

2.90

1.72