Research Article
Factors Affecting Seedling Emergence and Dry Matter Characteristics in Musa balbisiana Colla
Table 6
Effect of weaning media on growth, dry matter yield, and distribution in M. balbisiana seedlings.
| Weaning media | Ht (cm) | NL | Dry weight (g) | Dry matter (%) | TDW | Root | Stem | Leaf | Corm | Root | Stem | Leaf | Corm |
| 1 | 51.4 | 7.0 | 25.53 | 2.85 | 11.66 | 9.76 | 1.25 | 12.4 | 39.73 | 42.31 | 5.53 | 2 | 56.2 | 7.6 | 25.20 | 2.42 | 9.10 | 11.42 | 2.26 | 10.1 | 32.15 | 49.58 | 8.14 | 3 | 45.0 | 7.1 | 12.08 | 1.58 | 4.42 | 5.41 | 0.67 | 15.0 | 33.10 | 46.12 | 5.82 | 4 | 52.2 | 8.0 | 20.64 | 2.57 | 5.63 | 11.05 | 1.39 | 12.4 | 28.00 | 53.10 | 6.51 | 5 | 34.6 | 8.2 | 8.06 | 1.28 | 2.28 | 3.99 | 0.52 | 17.1 | 27.47 | 48.94 | 6.54 | 6 | 49.8 | 7.5 | 23.8 | 1.78 | 8.13 | 11.86 | 1.31 | 7.62 | 32.91 | 53.77 | 5.69 | LSD(0.05) | 6.42 | 0.8 | 7.62 | 0.76 | 5.06 | 2.97 | 1.01 | 5.04 | 8.14 | 7.88 | 2.47 |
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Weaning media: 1: PM/TP/SD/RS; 2: PM/TP/RS; 3: PM/TP/SD; 4: PM/TP; 5: PM/SD; 6: PM/TP/SD; PM: poultry manure; TP: top soil; SD: sawdust and RS: river sand; Ht: height of seedling; NL: number of leaves; TDW: total dry weight.
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