Treatments | Parameters | ||||||||
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Temp. (°C) | Exposure period (h) | Stem length (cm) | No. of branches/plant | No. of leaves/plant | Leaf area (cm2/plant) | Leaves fresh wt. (g/plant) | Leaves dry wt. (g/plant) | Shoot Fresh wt. (g/plant) | Shoot dry wt. (g/plant) |
Control | 36.5b | 0.67d | 6.33c | 199.27e | 6.01g | 0.691d | 11.76e | 1.41ef | |
50 | 0.5 | 35.1b | 0.67d | 6.67c | 229.10bc | 6.51f | 0.714cd | 12.52d | 1.44de |
1 | 36.0b | 1.00c | 7.67ab | 238.70b | 6.76ef | 0.743bc | 13.20c | 1.48cd | |
2 | 37.7b | 1.33b | 8.33b | 239.70b | 7.18cd | 0.779b | 13.53c | 1.51bc | |
60 | 0.5 | 36.5b | 1.00c | 7.67c | 215.90cd | 7.02de | 0.764b | 13.69c | 1.49cd |
1 | 36.9ab | 1.00c | 8.00c | 287.40a | 7.65ab | 0.764b | 14.79b | 1.51bc | |
2 | 39.3a | 1.67a | 8.33a | 279.00a | 7.95a | 0.829a | 15.77a | 1.63a | |
70 | 0.5 | 39.0a | 1.33b | 7.67b | 252.0b | 7.46bc | 0.774b | 14.78b | 1.54b |
1 | 37.4ab | 1.00c | 7.00c | 220.00cd | 7.73ab | 0.723c | 13.74c | 1.47cd | |
2 | 37.1ab | 1.00c | 6.67c | 208.30de | 6.10g | 0.683d | 12.05de | 1.36f | |
LSD at 5% | 2.40 | 0.25 | 0.88 | 15.31 | 0.883 | 0.031 | 0.53 | 0.05 |