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88 Bangladesh J. Sugarcane, 33 & 34 : 80-96 August, 2013

Growth Ring width (mm) (Mean ± SE) 1.86 ± 0.05ab 1.90 ± 0.10ab 2.00 ± 0.12a 1.70 ± 0.15ab 1.80 ± 0.13ab 1.60 ± 0.16b 0.3282 20.21 *

Node diameter (mm) (Mean ± SE) 2.17 ± 0.06c 2.85 ± 0.13ab 2.50 ± 0.17bc 3.20 ± 0.20a 3.10 ± 0.18a 2.95 ± 0.22ab 0.4753 18.98 *

Node width (mm) (Mean ± SE) 6.50 ± 0.17b 6.50 ± 0.17b 6.50 ± 0.26b 7.50 ± 0.17a 6.50 ± 0.17b 7.00 ± 0.26ab 0.5790 9.56 *

Bud width (mm) (Mean ± SE) 5.70 ± 0.21a 5.10 ± 0.23ab 4.80 ± 0.20b 5.20 ± 0.25ab 4.90 ± 0.23b 5.10 ± 0.31ab 0.6904 15.00 *

Bud length (mm) (Mean ± SE) 7.50 ± 0.16a 7.40 ± 0.22a 7.50 ± 0.27a 7.40 ± 0.30a 7.50 ± 0.17a 8.00 ± 0.30a 0.6934 10.24 NS

Leaf width (cm) (Mean ± SE) 4.04 ± 0.04a 2.80 ± 0.08c 3.10 ± 0.12bc 3.20 ± 0.13bc 3.00 ± 0.21bc 3.30 ± 0.21b 0.4205 14.49 *

Leaf length (cm) (Mean ± SE) 136.50 ± 0.83a* 124.00 ±1.04c 117.90 ±1.86d 128.20 ± 0.80b 129.10 ±1.61b 123.10 ±1.00c 3.567 3.15 *

Varieties/ Somaclones Isd 28 Isd 28 SC-1 Isd 28 SC-2 Isd 28 SC-3 Isd 28 SC-4 Isd 28 SC-5 LSD Value CV(%) Level of significance