Season | |||||||||
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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 |