Effect of planting time on growth, yield components, seed yield and quality of onion (Allium cepa L.) at Tehuledere district, northeastern Ethiopia

Table 2 Effect of planting time on growth and phonological parameters of onion at Jari northeastern Ethiopia

Planting time	Plant height (cm)	No. of leaves/plant	No. of scape/plant	Scape diameter (cm)	Scape height (cm)	Days to 50% flowering	Days to 50% maturity
Sept 1st	82.6^a	46.7^a	6.3^a	1.48^a	72.5^a	79.3^abc	130.2^b
Sept 16th	80.9^a	54.4^a	5.0^bc	1.25^b	70.4^a	80.7^ab	132.8^a
Oct 1st	80.1^ab	46.5^a	4.7 ^cd	0.88^e	69.8^a	77.3 ^cd	129.0^b
Oct 16th	77.7^ab	25.3^b	5.9^ab	0.99^d	64.7^a	58.7^e	129.6^b
Oct 31st	72.5^abcd	27.3^b	4.0^de	1.12^c	69.5^a	68.0^d	124.0^d
Nov 15th	69.5^bcd	31.9^b	3.5^ef	0.72^f	64.7^a	60.7^e	126.7^c
Nov 30th	76.2^abc	14.6^c	4.8 ^cd	0.72^f	55.3^b	81.0^ab	120.3^e
Dec 15th	65.3 ^cd	15.4^c	2.7^f	0.61 ^g	53.4^b	73.2 ^cd	120.0^e
Dec 30th	61.8^d	22.5^bc	2.7^f	0.58 ^g	49.9^b	84.3^a	110.1^f
Mean	74.1	31.6	4.4	0.93	63.4	73.7	124.8
LSD (5%)	11.4	9.8	0.96	0.09	9.2	6.7	2.1
CV (%)	8.9	17.9	12.63	5.96	8.4	5.2	0.95

Means followed by the same letter within a column are not significantly different at 5% probability level

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