Table 2 Effect of pea seed powder on the growth of wheat plants at 40 DAS
Treatments | Pea seed powder g/pot | Plant height (cm) | Number of leaves/plant | Dry weight (g/plant) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At sowing | 1 week before sowing | Mean | At sowing | 1 week before sowing | Mean | At sowing | 1 week before sowing | Mean | ||
Wheat + chard + canarygrass | 0 | 31.83 | 32.83 | 32.33 | 4.58 | 4.66 | 4.62 | 1.53 | 1.40 | 1.47 |
Wheat only | 0 | 48.42 | 53.00 | 50.71 | 6.33 | 6.16 | 6.25 | 3.85 | 4.96 | 4.41 |
Wheat + chard + canarygrass + pea seed powder | 20 | 38.55 | 40.00 | 39.28 | 5.05 | 5.50 | 5.28 | 1.84 | 2.00 | 1.92 |
40 | 40.55 | 45.00 | 42.78 | 5.16 | 5.77 | 5.47 | 2.00 | 3.30 | 2.65 | |
60 | 45.33 | 48.15 | 46.74 | 5.83 | 5.83 | 5.83 | 2.18 | 3.85 | 3.02 | |
80 | 51.26 | 63.41 | 57.34 | 5.99 | 6.50 | 6.25 | 3.00 | 4.20 | 3.60 | |
100 | 45.99 | 54.70 | 50.35 | 5.41 | 5.66 | 5.54 | 2.30 | 3.26 | 2.78 | |
Mean | 43.13 | 48.15 | 5.48 | 5.73 | 2.385 | 3.28 | ||||
LSD at 5% | A = 0.56 B = 1.37 AB = 1.93 | A = 0.08 B = 0.29 AB = 0.41 | A = 0.07 B = 0.18 AB = 0.26 | |||||||