International Journal of Horticulture, 2025, Vol.15, No.5, 208-217 http://hortherbpublisher.com/index.php/ijh 213 Figure 4 Seedling length as influenced by different growing media on tomato in Kaski district, 2024 Note: Error bars represent LSD (0.05); Letters indicate significant differences Figure 5 Shoot-to-root length ratio as influenced by different growing media on tomato in Kaski district, 2024 Note: Error bars represent LSD (0.05); Letters indicate significant differences 3.3 Biomass characteristics Fresh and dry weights of seedlings were significantly affected by the growing media (Table 3). The highest fresh weight (1.56 g) and dry weight (0.192 g) were observed in T2. Other notable treatments were T4 (soil + vermicompost) and T6 (soil + cocopeat), while T3 (cocopeat + perlite) showed the lowest biomass accumulation. Significant differences were also noted in shoot-to-root fresh weight and dry weight ratios. The control (T1) showed the highest shoot-to-root fresh weight ratio (5.86), followed closely by T2 and T4. T2 also recorded the highest shoot-to-root dry weight ratio (5.34). Table 3 Fresh weight, dry weight, shoot-to-root fresh weight ratio, and shoot-to-root dry weight ratio as influenced by different growing media on tomato seedlings in Kaski district, 2024 Treatment Fresh weight (g) Dry weight (g) Shoot-to-root fresh weight ratio Shoot-to-root dry weight ratio T1 0.37 cd 0.049c 5.86a 4.32ab T2 1.56 a 0.192a 5.80a 5.34a T3 0.17 d 0.019d 4.50ab 4.44ab T4 0.92 b 0.097b 5.72a 4.88a T5 0.32 cd 0.040cd 4.49ab 4.36ab T6 0.56 c 0.059c 3.08b 3.35b T7 0.26 cd 0.035cd 3.50b 3.32b Grand mean 0.59 0.07 4.71 4.29 CV(%) 29.47 20.77 22.14 17.52 SEm (±) 0.042 0.003 1 0.23 0.164 LSD (0.05) 0.307 0.025 5 1.85 1.316 F test *** *** * * Note: CV= Coefficient of variance, LSD= Least Significant Difference, SEm= Standard Error of Mean, Mean followed by different letter(s) within columns are significantly different based on LSD (5%) ***significant at 0.001P level *significant at 0.05P level
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