Potential Regulatory Role of Gibberellic and Humic Acids in Sprouting of Chlorophytum borivilianum Tubers
Table 1
Cumulative sprouting percentage (%) and mean sprouting time (days) of safed musli tubers as affected by different concentrations of gibberellic acid (GA3) and humic acid (HA).
Treatments
Days after planting
MST (days)
10
20
30
40
50
60
Control
16.6e
41.5d
57.4c
65.6c
76.1c
81.9c
25.8a
10 mg L−1 GA3
21.9d
77.9c
88.1ab
88.1ab
88.1ab
88.1ab
15.8b
15 mg L−1 GA3
20.5d
87.8ab
87.8ab
87.8ab
87.8ab
87.8ab
14.3b
20 mg L−1 GA3
60.2c
89.1ab
89.1ab
89.1ab
89.1ab
89.1ab
8.1c
5% HA
64.3b
85.6b
85.6b
85.6b
85.6b
85.6bc
8.1c
10% HA
75.8a
89.2ab
89.2ab
89.2ab
89.2ab
89.2ab
8.6c
15% HA
78.0a
91.3a
91.3a
91.3a
91.3a
91.3a
7.3c
Prob. >
3.31
3.79
5.18
4.74
4.79
5.31
5.02
MST indicated mean sprouting time. Means with the same letter in the same column are not significantly different at by LSD.