International Journal of Horticulture, 2025, Vol.15, No.4, 143-161 http://hortherbpublisher.com/index.php/ijh 153 Table 4 Effect of growth media mixtures with capsicum varieties on number of leaves Variety Leaf number 25DAS 30DAS 35DAS 40DAS Average V1 0.58a 1.34a 2.14a 2.89a 1.74a V2 0.53a 1.38a 2.26a 3.12a 1.82a SEM(±) 0.0904 0.0943 0.1366 0.1286 0.1045 LSD0.05 0.2668 0.2781 0.4030 0.3793 0.3081 Fvalue 0.167 0.097 0.386 1.538 0.321 Pr(>F) NS NS NS NS NS Treatment M1 0.00c 0.00c 0.23c 0.73d 0.24c M2 0.00c 0.00c 0.63c 1.36c 0.50c M3 0.46b 2.03b 2.66b 3.70b 2.21b M4 1.06a 2.13b 3.16b 4.10b 2.61b M5 1.26a 2.66a 4.33a 5.13a 3.35a SEM(±) 0.1430 0.1491 0.2160 0.2033 0.1652 LSD0.05 0.4218 0.4398 0.6373 0.5998 0.4872 Fvalue 16.384 79.035 64.518 84.161 68.036 Pr(>F) *** *** *** *** *** Interaction V1.M1 0.00e 0.00c 0.13d 0.40e 0.13d V1.M2 0.00e 0.00c 0.26d 1.06de 0.33d V1.M3 0.66cd 1.86b 2.53c 3.73c 2.20c V1.M4 0.80bcd 2.00b 3.20bc 4.00c 2.50bc V1.M5 1.46a 2.86a 4.60a 5.26a 3.55a V2.M1 0.00e 0.00c 0.33d 1.06de 0.35d V2.M2 0.00e 0.00c 1.00d 1.66d 0.66d V2.M3 0.26de 2.20b 2.80c 3.66c 2.23c V2.M4 1.33ab 2.26ab 3.13bc 4.20bc 2.73bc V2.M5 1.06abc 2.46ab 4.06ab 5.00ab 3.15ab Grandmean 0.560 1.367 2.207 3.007 1.785 CV(%) 18.74 25.62 23.96 16.64 22.56 SEM(±) 0.2022 0.2108 0.3055 0.2875 0.2336 LSD0.05 0.5965 0.6219 0.9012 0.8482 0.6890 Fvalue 1.736 1.022 1.161 0.992 0.783 Pr(>F) NS NS NS NS NS Note: ***Significant at 0.1% level of significance, NS: Non-significant, LSD: Least significant difference, SEM: Standard error of the mean, CV: Coefficient of difference, Where M represents growing media and V represents varieties, different lowercase letters represent mean comparison Figure 8 reveals the interaction trends between varieties and media types. Although the interaction effect was not statistically significant, graphical analysis shows that both varieties exhibited the highest leaf counts when grown in M5, with V1 and V2 producing 5.26 and 5.00 leaves, respectively, at 40 DAS. Interestingly, V1 (Sagar Hybrid F1) responded more favorably to M5, surpassing V2 at certain stages such as 35 DAS (4.60 vs. 4.06 leaves). Meanwhile, V2 showed slightly better performance than V1 in M4 and M3 treatments. The control and cocopeat-only treatments (M1 and M2) consistently resulted in minimal leaf development for both varieties.
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