Table 4. Growth data of Deli x Ekona cross during the prenursery phase.

Variable Before 
planting		 Days after planting
37 51 63 77 90 126
Plumule length 1.4 ±0.5            
Radicle length 2.5 ±1.0 18.5 ±1.0 21.3 ±5.9 26.5 ±4.0 28.7 ±3.2 30.6 ±3.8 30.5 ±6.4
No of adventicious roots 3.2 ±1.4 5.0 ±2.2 5.0 ±1.8 5.0 ±3.5 3.5 ±2.5 3.3 ±2.1 0.3 ±0.5
Length of adventicious roots   1.6 ±1.0 4.3 ±1.9 3.1 ±1.8 1.7 ±1.2 2.8 ±2.3 3.0 ±2.3
No of primary roots     0.5 ±0.1 0.8 ±0.2 0.9 ±0.2 1.3 ±0.2 3.2 ±0.6
Length of primary roots     1.5 ±1.9 4.2 ±2.0 8.2 ±3.0 11.1 ±2.7 14.4 ±0.6
Bulb diameter (mm)   5.70 ±0.28 6.29 ±024 6.59 ±0.60 6.67 ±0.44 8.24 ±0.20 11.83 ±0.94
Length of the youngest completed formed leaf (cm)     14.1 ±1.2 15.4 ±1.2 20.9 ±1.5
Width of the youngest completed formed leaf (cm)     3.1 ±0.3 3.4 ±0.2 5.4 ±0.4
No of leaves totally open         1.8 ±0.2 2.3 ±0.2 4.1 ±0.2
Root dry weight (g)   0.0740 ±0.0072 0.1052 ±0.0132 0.1474 ±0.0271 0.1823 ±0.0401 0.2425 ±0.0338 0.6346 ±0.1286
Aerial part dry weight (g)   0.1078 ±0.0065 0.2222 ±0.0175 0.3419 ±0.0629 0.4330 ±0.0506 0.7679 ±0.0315 2.1001 ±0.2166
Total dry weight(g)   0.1818 ±0.0118 0.3274 ±0.0271 0.4893 ±0.0886 0.6153 ±0.0905 1.0104 ±0.0514 2.7347 ±0.3420

        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.