Growth Parameters | Shoot length (cm) | No. of leaves/ plant | No. of branches/plant | Leaves area/plant (cm)2 | F. wt. of shoot (g) | D. wt. of shoot (g) | Root length (cm) | F. wt. of root (g) | D. wt. of root (g) |
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Control | 11.57 ± 0.23d | 16.00 ± 0.57e | 5.67 ± 0.33a | 30.53 ± 0.34e | 0.55 ± 0.06 e | 0.09 ± 0.004bc | 6.43 ± 0.47bc | 0.046 ± 0.005f | 0.012 ± 0.001c |
Chilling (6°C ± 0.5) | 10.23 ± 0.14e | 10.67 ± 0.88f | 3.67 ± 0.33b | 14.28 ± 0.7f | 0.28 ± 0.02e | 0.04 ± 0.003c | 6.20 ± 0.15c | 0.032 ± 0.002g | 0.006 ± 0.0005d |
Pot. silicate (80 mM) | 17.40 ± 0.3a | 27.67 ± 1.4cd | 6.00 ± 0.57a | 94.27 ± 0.83b | 0.74 ± 0.08de | 0.13 ± 0.003bc | 6.63 ± 0.3bc | 0.064 ± 0.002e | 0.016 ± 0.002c |
Humic acid (50 mg l−1) | 18.10 ± 0.5a | 34.33 ± 0.9 a | 7.00 ± 0.57a | 106.12 ± 2a | 2.034 ± 0.014a | 0.21 ± 0.002ab | 7.73 ± 0.08a | 0.131 ± 0.006a | 0.024 ± 0.0004a |
γ- rays (50 Gy) | 17.57 ± 0.23a | 32.67 ± 1.5ab | 7.00 ± 0.57a | 89.64 ± 1.4b | 1.18 ± 0.16 bc | 0.20 ± 0.008ab | 7.37 ± 0.4ab | 0.126 ± 0.01a | 0.022 ± 0.003a |
Chilling + Pot. silicate | 14.33 ± 0.44c | 30.00 ± 0.57d | 6.33 ± 0.66a | 57.39 ± 1.1d | 1.22 ± 0.14bc | 0.30 ± 0.11bc | 7.40 ± 0.3ab | 0.089 ± 0.006d | 0.014 ± 0.0012c |
Chilling + Humic acid | 15.77 ± 0.15b | 23.67 ± 2.9bc | 6.00 ± 0.67a | 71.82 ± 1.5c | 0.97 ± 0.013 b | 0.12 ± 0.003a | 7.97 ± 0.4a | 0.106 ± 0.004b | 0.022 ± 0.0004a |
Chilling + γ- rays | 15.50 ± 0.28b | 25.00 ± 0.57d | 7.00 ± 0.57a | 59.34 ± 3.3d | 1.23 ± 0.05cd | 0.17 ± 0.007abc | 6.67 ± 0.24bc | 0.096 ± 0.005c | 0.0164 ± 0.0015bc |
LSD at 0.05 | 0.877 | 4.227 | 1.598 | 4.744 | 0.2597 | 0.136 | 0.994 | 0.0055 | 0.0055 |