Effect of sowing time on productivity of Bt and non Bt cotton under climate change

Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 2 Growth characters as influenced by genotypes and date of sowing at harvest

Date of sowing	Plant height (cm)			No. of nodes			No. of Bolls
Date of sowing	Mallika	Suraj	Mean	Mallika	Suraj	Mean	Mallika	Suraj	Mean
21 July	108.2	82.7	95.5	28.3	23.3	24.8	37.3	23.3	30.3
28 July	112.6	91.1	101.9	26.0	23.7	25.8	37.9	26.4	32.1
4 August	105.0	85.0	95.0	26.1	22.8	24.5	35.4	22.2	28.8
11 August	111.6	91.4	101.5	24.3	22.4	23.4	30.8	23.6	27.2
18 August	98.1	86.4	92.3	24.1	21.3	22.7	29.2	21.6	25.4
25 August	97.8	94.7	96.3	23.3	22.2	22.7	24.3	16.6	20.5
1 Sep	93.3	88.1	90.7	22.8	20.9	21.8	24.2	16.0	20.1
8 Sep	98.6	88.9	93.7	23.5	20.2	21.9	21.9	15.1	18.5
15 Sep	94.4	93.9	94.2	21.7	20.3	21.0	18.0	12.0	15.0
Mean	102.2	89.1	95.7	24.5	21.9	23.2	28.8	19.7	24.2
ANOVA	DXG	Genotype	DOS	DXG	Genotype	DOS	DXG	Genotype	DOS
S.Ed	10.3	3.4	7.3	1.6	0.6	1.2	4.7	1.5	4.2
CD (0.05)	NS	7.0	NS	NS	1.1	2.4	NS	3.2	7.3
NS/S