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Table 2 The vegetative growth traits of five peanut cultivars during two seasons at 100 days for five replicates at each season

From: Assessment of growth and productivity of five peanut cultivars and genetic diversity using RAPD markers

Season

Traits cultivars

Plant height (cm)

Number of branches/plant

Number of leaves/plant

Dry weight of leaves/plant (g)

Dry weight of branches/plant(g)

Dry weight of plant (g)

Leaf area/plant (cm2)

Leaf area index

Crop growth rate (g/day)

First season

 Giza-5

41.4d

7.2bc

161.2d

18.4b

16.3d

71.6c

131.6d

0.12 a

5. 3ab

 Giza-6

46.8ab

8.6 a

212.2a

23.2a

25.1a

87.6a

157.9a

0.13a

5.9 a

 Gregory

42.6cd

7.6abc

175.0c

19.7ab

19.2c

85.8a

143.1b

0.12 a

5.7 a

 Ismailia-1

43.6c

6.8c

172.2c

18.9b

18.1cd

77.9b

139.6bc

0.12 a

5.4 ab

 R92

47.6a

8.0ab

204.4b

22.2a

22.9b

86.3a

159.6a

0.13 a

5.8 a

Second season

 Giza-5

41.6 d

7.6a

183.6e

19.0c

20.7c

75.6c

143.1d

0.12 a

5.8c

 Giza-6

47.4a

8.8a

240.8a

25.1a

27.1a

92.3a

169.5b

0.13 a

6.6a

 Gregory

43.2c

7.8a

220.6c

23.1b

25.9ab

88.4ab

158.3c

0.13 a

6.0bc

 Ismailia-1

46.8ab

7.4a

195.4d

20.1c

23.8bc

79.9b

154.8c

0.13 a

6.5a

R92

47.8a

8.4a

235.2b

23.7b

26.6ab

91.8a

175.6a

0.13 a

6.3ab

  1. Means with the same letter(s) in the column are not significantly different by Duncan’s new multiple range test (P < 0.05)