Research Article

Analysis of Plant Growth and Yield in Varieties of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Grafted onto Different Eggplant Rootstocks

Table 7

Effect of grafting on leaf area ratio.

TreatmentR0R1R2R3

LAR (cm2−1) 4 WAT
V140.8 bcd35.8 bc30.8 ab19.6 a
V245.4 cd47.9 cd28.9 ab72.7 e
V340.1 bcd50.15 d40.5 bcd89.1 f
LSD 5%11.7
CV (%)15.3

LAR (cm2−1) 8 WAT
V129.2 bc27.5 abc27.2 abc19.1 a
V238.8 d35.4 cd51.7 e75.1 f
V324.1 ab24.7 ab24.9 ab30.5 bc
LSD 5%7.89
CV (%)13.7

LAR (cm2−1) 12 WAT
V123.0 bc28.5 c27.6 c21.4 bc
V224.4 bc26.0 bc11.2 a19.2 b
V322.6 bc23.1 bc25.0 bc27.5 c
LSD 5%7.08
CV (%)17.9

Numbers in the same column followed by the same letter are not significantly different based on LSD test at significant level of 5%. LSD: least significant difference; CV: coefficient of variation.