Table 3

Variable	Before planting	Days after planting
Table 3. Growth data of Deli x Calabar cross during the prenursery phase.
Variable	Before planting	37	51	63	77	90	126
Plumule length	1.5 ±0.3
Radicle length	2.8 ±1.1	19.4 ±2.1	24.8 ±0.9	26.2 ±3.1	26.1 ±5.0	27.2 ±2.9	27.9 ±6.38
No of adventicious roots	3.6 ±1.8	8.5 ±5.4	8.0 ±5.4	2.3 ±1.3	1.8 ±1.7	2.5 ±1.7	0.3 ±0.5
Length of adventicious roots		3.7 ±1.3	4.1 ±1.4	2.9 ±3.3	2.5 ±0.6	3.4 ±1.3	2.1 ±2.7
No of primary roots			0.4 ±0.2	0.9 ±0.1	1.0 ±0.3	1.4 ±0.2	3.7 ±0.4
Length of primary roots			2.6 ±1.7	5.2 ±4.7	9.0 ±0.3	10.8 ±2.4	16.7 ±1.3
Bulb diameter (mm)		5.90 ±0.42	6.00 ±0.12	6.22 ±0.38	6.99 ±0.36	8.40 ±0.59	11.64 ±0.77
Length of the youngest completed formed leaf (cm)					11.6 ±0.5	14.2 ±1.8	19.4 ±1.5
Width of the youngest completed formed leaf (cm)					3.4 ±0.1	3.7 ±0.5	5.5 ±0.2
No of leaves totally open					1.9 ±0.2	2.4 ±0.4	4.2 ±0.2
Root dry weight (g)		0.0778 ±0.0159	0.1037 ±0.0067	0.1290 ±0.0259	0.1715 ±0.0420	0.2428 ±0.0541	0.6059 ±0.1740
Aerial part dry weight (g)		0.1362 ±0.0259	0.3897 ±0.3026	0.3427 ±0.0564	0.4861 ±0.0311	0.9003 ±0.1080	2.1544 ±0.3148
Total dry weight(g)		0.2140 ±0.0416	0.4934 ±0.3042	0.4717 ±0.0808	0.6575 ±0.0722	1.1431 ±0.1588	2.7604 ±0.4864
Numbers are means and standard deviation of a sample of 24 plants, except for data taken before planting, where the sample was of 256 germinated seeds.