Bioscience Methods 2026, Vol.17, No.3, 141-152 http://bioscipublisher.com/index.php/bm 146 Table 2 Effect of watering regime on the vegetative biomass of two genotypes of Solanum lycopersicum Biomass parameter (g) Tomato genotype Watering regime T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 T7 T8 Leaf fresh weight H1 9.00±1.47a 9.00±1.78a 8.25±1.38a 5.00±1.22a 8.00±0.71a 7.00±0.91a 5.00±0.71a - H3 8.50±2.06a 9.75±1.49ab 13.75±1.93ab 12.50±0.96ab 12.50±1.32ab 13.50±0.65ab 16.75±2.10b - Stem fresh weight H1 15.43±0.22c 15.28±0.62c 13.85±0.67bc 13.03±0.91bc 12.23±0.34ab 11.63±0.36ab 10.38±0.27a - H3 17.05±0.13d 17.43±0.38d 16.95±0.13d 16.35±0.21cd 15.75±0.17bc 14.78±0.11ab 13.88±0.37a - Root fresh weight H1 5.00±0.41a 4.75±0.48a 3.75±0.48a 3.75±0.48a 4.25±0.63a 4.00±0.58a 4.00±0.41a - H3 4.75±0.48ab 3.75±0.48a 5.50±0.65abc 4.75±0.75ab 7.25±0.48bc 6.67±0.88bc 7.75±0.48c - Leaf dry weight H1 5.51±1.74a 5.55±1.42a 3.75±1.85a 2.16±0.85a 6.60±2.92a 2.04±0.79a 1.14±0.29a - H3 5.86±1.69a 5.98±2.23a 7.29±2.05a 8.34±0.60a 8.43±0.78a 9.29±0.96a 10.48±1.09a - Stem dry weight H1 9.13±0.43b 8.88±0.34b 7.45±0.59b 7.45±0.31b 5.58±0.21a 5.03±0.43a 4.53±0.28a - H3 10.03±0.41d 9.15±0.46cd 8.25±0.37bc 7.20±0.35ab 7.03±0.41ab 6.48±0.41a 5.70±0.20a - Root dry weight H1 0.81±0.19a 1.75±0.41a 0.97±0.29a 0.73±0.28a 1.05±0.06a 0.83±0.27a 0.74±0.17a - H3 2.64±0.27ab 1.18±0.39a 2.80±0.77ab 2.56±0.60a 1.82±0.38a 3.10±0.36ab 4.92±0.42b - Total biomass H1 15.24±2.21ab 18.58±2.0b 12.80±1.52a 13.63±1.16a 13.71±1.69a 12.90±0.71a 13.03±0.91a - H3 13.43±0.72a 11.92±0.77a 17.65±0.88ab 15.57±0.97ab 18.38±0.93b 15.71±0.47a 16.35±0.21ab - Note: Each value is a mean ±S.E. of 5 replicates. For each value, means with the same letter(s) in superscript on the same row are not significantly different at P ≥ 0.05 (Tukey HSD test). T1: watering twice daily; T2: watering once daily; T3: watering every two days; T4: watering every three days; T5: watering every four days; T6: watering every five days; T7: watering every six days; T8: continuous waterlogging; H1: Hortitom 1 genotype; H3: Hortitom 3 genotype
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