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	16.6^e	41.5^d	57.4^c	65.6^c	76.1^c	81.9^c	25.8^a
10 mg L^−1 GA3	21.9^d	77.9^c	88.1^ab	88.1^ab	88.1^ab	88.1^ab	15.8^b
15 mg L^−1 GA3	20.5^d	87.8^ab	87.8^ab	87.8^ab	87.8^ab	87.8^ab	14.3^b
20 mg L^−1 GA3	60.2^c	89.1^ab	89.1^ab	89.1^ab	89.1^ab	89.1^ab	8.1^c
5% HA	64.3^b	85.6^b	85.6^b	85.6^b	85.6^b	85.6^bc	8.1^c
10% HA	75.8^a	89.2^ab	89.2^ab	89.2^ab	89.2^ab	89.2^ab	8.6^c
15% HA	78.0^a	91.3^a	91.3^a	91.3^a	91.3^a	91.3^a	7.3^c
Prob. > 𝐹	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 𝑃<0.05 by LSD.