International Journal of Horticulture, 2025, Vol.15, No.2, 73-79 http://hortherbpublisher.com/index.php/ijh 75 2.4 Data analysis methods Data were entered in MS Excel 2010, and analysis was conducted using the open-source software package Gen Stat V 15.1.08. Analysis of variance was computed, and the least significant difference (LSD) was set at 0.05 level of significance (LOS). Duncan's multiple range test (DNMRT) was performed to compare the means between treatments that were found to be significantly different. 3 Results and Analysis Generally, the entire hybrid variety used in the research showed a high degree of variation in terms of yield and yield parameters, including plant height, primary branches, pod length, pod diameter, pods/plant, yield/plant, and weight/plant. The results showed a significant average mean growth in the height of plants of all varieties up to 90 DAS (Table 1). The maximum height (29.44) was attained by the variety Rukmani F1 at all the growth stages, followed by Arzine F1 (27.59), Arka Anamika (26.21), and Special-45 (22.28). Similarly, the minimum height of the plant was attained by the Raja F1 (20.74). According to (Mehata et al., 2023) highest plant height was achieved by Chiranjeevi F1 in 72 DAS (162.55). Likewise, (Mehata et al., 2022) maximum height was achieved by Arka Anamika, i.e., (226.15) (not average mean growth) in 84 DAS, and the Rukamni variety obtained in our study was 29.44. In comparison to those studies, plant height was smaller. This might be because of the genotypic differences between the varieties and other environmental factors are also might be responsible. Table 1 Effect of treatments on plant height Treatment Plant height 15DAS 30DAS 45DAS 60DAS 75DAS 90DAS Arka Anamika 4.60a 5.92ab 8.45b 11.72c 16.80b 26.21b Rukmani 5.18bc 6.04b 8.59bc 11.83c 18.03b 29.44c Raja 4.98b 5.57a 7.51a 10.23a 13.71a 20.74a Special-45 5.48c 6.10b 7.92a 10.91b 14.63a 22.28a Arzine 6.11d 6.19c 9.10c 12.27c 17.07b 27.59c LSD(0.05) 0.30 0.43 0.52 0.64 1.91 2.60 F-test *** *** *** *** ** *** SEm(±) 0.30 0.14 0.16 0.20 0.62 0.84 CV(%) 3.8 4.6 4.1 3.7 7.8 6.7 Grandmean 5.27 6.11 8.32 11.39 16.05 25.25 Note: *Significant at 5% level of significance, **Significant at 1% level of significance, ***Significant at 0.1% level of significance, LSD: least significant difference, SEm: Standard error of the mean, CV: coefficient of difference, DAS: Days After Sowing Similarly, the study shows the highest number of primary branches was observed in Arzine (3.00) in 90 DAS and the lowest number of primary branches was observed in Arka Anamika (Table 2). The number of primary branches in 2 varieties (Arka Anamika and Special-45) gradually increased to 75 DAS and decreased to 90 DAS. Whereas, Rukmani, Raja F1, and Arzine show the gradual increase in primary branches in different DAS. It was reported that F1 Glory shows the highest branch number, and Arka Anamika recorded the lowest, whereas the highest number was observed in the Chiranjeevi F1 and the lowest number was recorded in Gunjan, respectively (Mehata et al., 2022). The average data observed in the primary branches shows that the highest number of the branches was recorded in Arzine (3.00), followed by Rukmani (2), Special-45 (2), Raja F1 (2), and Arka Anamika (2). Furthermore, the study shows that Arka Anamika has the highest pod diameter among other varieties (5.83) at 90 DAS (Table 3). The lowest pod diameter was observed in Raja F1 (4.66) whereas the same value of pod diameter was observed in Rukmani and Special 45 (5.16) respectively. The average pod diameter highest Arka Anamika was followed by Arzine hybrid (5.25) at 90 DAS with a significant level at (p<0.001). Accordingly, a result was observed by Mehata et al. (2022) and Maldonado-Peralta et al. (2021).
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