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Nut size
Madras
Floater
Means
Sinker
Floater
Means
83.33
50.00
66.67
83.33
50.00
66.67
100.00
50.00
75.00
100.00
50.00
75.00
83.33
50.00
66.67
100.00
50.00
75.00
Large
100.00
16.67
58.33
100.00
50.00
75.00
Extra
large
66.67
50.00
58.33
66.67
66.67
66.67
Jumbo
83.33
33.33
58.33
83.33
66.67
75.00
Means
86.11
41.67
63.89
Small
Medium
88.89
LSD:
Nut size
(NS)
Nut form
(NF)
Nut size
(NS)
Nut form
(NF)
42.55
45.03
24.56
26.00
n.s
n.s
NS x NF
n.s
n.s
55.56
72.22
Table 5: Cashew seedling Girth as affected by nut sizes and nut forms in the nursery
Nut size
Sinker
Floater
Means
Sinker
Madras
0.30
0.10
0.20
Small
0.45
0.05
Medium
0.40
Large
Floater
Means
0.38
0.10
0.24
0.25
0.45
0.15
0.38
0.39
0.50
0.38
0.40
0.39
Extra
large
0.43
0.48
Jumbo
0.43
Means
0.
Sinker
Floater
Means
0.50
0.10
0.30
0.30
0.63
0.20
0.41
0.43
0.47
0.68
0.63
0.65
0.55
0.50
0.53
0.93
0.58
0.75
0.45
0.63
0.68
0.65
0.83
0.78
0.80
0.30
0.36
0.53
0.35
0.44
0.80
0.43
0.61
0.28
0.34
0.50
0.37
0.51
0.73
0.45
0.59
LSD:
Nut size
(NS)
0.15
0.19
0.26
Nut form
(NF)
0.09
0.11
0.15
Nut size
(NS)
Nut form
(NF)
NS x NF
n.s
n.s
n.s
Table 6: Cashew seedling number of leaves as affected by nut sizes and nut form in the nursery
Nut size
Madras
6.25
1.50
3.88
10.50
2.00
6.25
17.25
2.75
10.00
Small
6.25
2.75
4.50
10.50
4.25
7.38
14.00
6.00
10.00
Medium
7.25
6.00
6.63
10.75
8.50
9.63
15.50
12.25
13.88
Large
6.50
5.25
5.88
9.50
10.25
9.88
20.50
16.50
18.50
Extra
large
6.75
7.50
7.13
11.75
11.25
11.50
15.00
18.50
16.75
Jumbo
7.25
4.25
5.75
12.25
12.50
12.38
20.50
18.50
19.50
Means
6.71
4.54
5.63
10.88
8.13
9.50
17.13
12.42
14.77
LSD:
Nut size
(NS)
Nut
form
(NF)
Nut size
(NS)
Nut
form
(NF)
NS x
NF
3.59
6.35
9.52
2.07
3.67
5.50
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Table 7: Cashew seedling leaf area as affected by nut sizes and nut forms in the nursery
Seedling Leaf Area (cm2)
Nut size
4 weeks after sowing
Sinker
Floater
Means
Sinker
Floater
Means
Sinker
Floater
Means
Madras
9.70
2.13
5.91
24.93
7.13
16.03
32.95
5.25
19.10
Small
18.95
3.08
11.01
29.83
11.85
20.84
52.08
15.45
33.76
Medium
24.55
22.65
23.60
36.55
33.00
34.78
58.05
34.15
46.10
Large
27.78
20.35
24.06
49.73
51.85
50.79
55.28
47.73
51.50
Extra
large
31.98
29.85
30.91
51.48
60.28
55.88
58.88
70.63
64.75
Jumbo
26.25
17.28
21.76
55.45
26.05
40.75
60.98
32.48
46.73
Means
23.20
15.89
19.54
41.33
31.69
36.51
53.03
34.28
43.66
LSD:
Nut size
(NS)
Nut form
(NF)
10.23
18.15
20.2
Nut size
(NS)
5.91
10.48
11.66
Nut form
(NF)
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NS x NF
n.s
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