GanoCare® Improves Oil Palm Growth and Resistance against Ganoderma Basal Stem Rot Disease in Nursery and Field Trials

Table 2

Effect of GanoCare® on growth of oil palm seedlings^a.

Trt.	Height (cm)	Bulb diameter (mm)	Leaf area (cm^2)	Fresh weight (g)			Dry weight (g)
				Leaf	Bole	Root	Leaf	Bole	Root
CT	61.93^c	37.84^c	1491.60^b	69.07^b	64.65^d	107.06^b	39.07^b	22.14^c	40.84^b
T1	67.92^b (10)	39.09^bc (3)	1822.49^a (22)	80.44^ab (17)	76.51^bc (18)	121.02^ab (13)	44.61^ab (14)	28.55^b (29)	49.23^ab (21)
T2	68.34^b (10)	40.76^ab (8)	1817.84^a (22)	87.83^ab (27)	74.86^c (16)	118.92^ab (11)	40.93^b (5)	28.54^b (29)	51.49^ab (26)
T3	74.81^a (21)	41.71^a (10)	1886.22^a (27)	89.76^a (30)	83.27^ab (29)	134.66^a (26)	48.21^a (23)	31.56^ab (43)	55.37^a (36)
T4	76.48^a (23)	41.83^a (11)	1916.18^a (29)	94.02^a (36)	86.69^a (34)	135.6^a (27)	47.72^a (22)	33.02^a (49)	55.57^a (36)

^aValues are means of 6 replicates; the same letters within samples in a column for a given parameter are not significantly different according to least significant difference (LSD) at . Values in parenthesis are increment percentage relative to the controls.