Growth and Bulb Yield of Garlic as Influenced by Clove Size

Table 3

Shoot dry mass, neck diameter, bulb length and diameter, clove number per bulb, and average clove weight of garlic as influenced by the effect of clove sizes.

Clove sizes (g)	Shoot dry mass (g)	Neck diameter (cm)	Bulb length (cm)	Bulb diameter (cm)	Clove number per bulb	Average clove weight (g)
1–1.49	5.10^d	1.026^d	3.45^d	3.54^d	10.65^d	2.76^c
1.5–1.99	5.23^cd	1.046^cd	3.56^cd	3.61^cd	11.16^d	2.85^c
2–2.5	5.36^bc	1.073^bc	3.67^bc	3.87^bc	11.74^c	3.04^b
2.51–2.99	5.56^ab	1.096^b	3.79^b	3.96^b	12.48^b	3.14^b
3–3.5	5.66^a	1.153^a	4.03^a	4.39^a	13.45^a	3.42^a
CV (%)	2.13	1.32	2.04	3.80	2.55	3.18
Level of significance

Means within a column followed by the same letters are not significantly different at the prescribed level of significance. and indicate significance at 1% and 0.1% probability level, respectively.