Research Article

Potential Regulatory Role of Gibberellic and Humic Acids in Sprouting of Chlorophytum borivilianum Tubers

Table 5

Fibrous root length (cm) and tuber dry weight (g) as affected by different concentrations of gibberellic acid (GA3) and humic acid (HA).

Treatments60 DAS90 DAS120 DAS
TFLTDWTFLTDWTFLTDW

Control980.30d1.03f1689.90d3.39e1044.89a5.27d
10 mg L−1 GA31677.60c2.16e 3.75e1081.27a
15 mg L−1 GA3 3.31c2697.80b6.36c1077.00a7.68b
20 mg L−1 GA32452.60a4.53a2927.60b7.10b1080.80a10.92a
5% HA2066.40b2.52d2162.80c5.20d1064.68a8.29b
10% HA1038.20d1.28f 3.41e1018.19a
15% HA2076.70b 3441.30a8.90a1092.41a11.51a

Prob. > 219.030.32285.810.4944.301.45

DAS, TFL and TDW indicate days after sprouting, total fibrous root length (cm) and tuber dry weight (g), respectively. Means with the same letter in a same column are not significantly different by LSD.