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Table 2. Effect of plant growth regulators on number of replacement corms per mother corm, size
of the corm and weight of the corm in gladiolus cv. White Prosperity.
Treatments
Replacement
Size of
weight
No.of
Weight of the
Propagation
Plant Growth
Regulators
corms/
mother corm
the
corm
(cm)
of the
corm
(gm)
cormels /
corm
cormel/corm
(gm)
coefficient
GA 3 – 100
ppm
GA 3 – 150
ppm
NAA- 200
ppm
NAA- 250
ppm
1.49 5.03 34.23 23.58 10.30 147.26
1.25 5.02 31.80 24.80 11.59 157.31
1.16 4.40 28.17 18.84 9.63 127.51
1.16 4.78 29.20 19.20 9.96 127.96
BA – 50 ppm 1.06 4.39 28.52 28.52 13.26 182.39
BA – 100
ppm
1.20 4.39 28.06 29.75 14.00 194.20
TIBA- 75 ppm 1.06 3.50 26.95 26.95 12.14 152.28
TIBA- 150
ppm
Control
(Distilled
water)
1.03 4.11 25.05 28.06 12.31 171.87
1.10 3.39 19.58 12.92 8.06 125.99
‘ F ’ value Sig. Sig. Sig. Sig. Sig. Sig.
S E m ± 0.07 0.14 0.49 0.66 0.15 5.95
C D at 5% 0.23 0.42 1.49 1.25 0.48 18.00
CV % 11.68 5.65 3.11 4.86 7.82 6.69
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