Appendix Table 1a.

Average Plant Height (cm) of Lettuce at 7 DAS as under different levels of

hydroponic solution.

TREATMENTS REPLICATION TOTAL MEAN

I II III
1.27 1.24 1.4 3.91 1.30
T1 – HS alone

T2 – HS + 10ml of Amino acid per 1.47 1.64 1.59 4.7 1.55

1 Liter of water
T3 – HS + 7.5ml of Amino Acid 1.83 1.57 1.53 4.93 1.64
per1 Liter of water
T4- HS + 5ml Amino Acid per 1
Liter of water 1.43 1.7 1.46 4.59 1.53
GRAND TOTAL 18.13

GRAND MEAN 6.02

Appendix Table 1b. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) of the transformed data of Plant Height
(cm) of Lactuca sativa that was grown in hydroponics under different levels of hydroponic
solution (7 DAS)
Source DF Sum of square Mean Square F Value Pr(>F)
Treatment 3 0.192 0.064 4.050 0.050
Error 8 0.127 0.016
Total 11 0.319
CV%= 11.27 *= Significant
Appendix Table 2a. Average Plant Height (cm) of Lettuce at 14 DAS as under different levels of
hydroponic solution

TREATMENTS REPLICATION TOTAL MEAN

I II III
T1 – HS alone 1.56 1.55 1.93 5.04 1.68
T2 – HS + 10ml of Amino Acid
2.75 2.54 2.52 7.81 2.6
per 1 Liter of water
T3 – HS + 7.5ml of Amino Acid 2.28 2.29 2.18 6.75 2.25
per 1 Liter of water
1.75 2.1 1.97 5.82 1.94
T4- HS + 5ml of Amino Acid per
1 Liter of water

GRAND TOTAL 25.42

8.47
GRAND MEAN

Appendix Table 2b. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) of the transformed data of Plant Height
(cm) of Lactuca sativa that was grown in hydroponics under different levels of hydroponic
solution (14 DAS)
Source DF Sum of square Mean F Value Pr(>F)
Square
Treatment 3 1.430 0.477 19.423 0.000
Error 8 0.196 0.025
Total 11 1.626
CV%= 18.148 **= Highly Significant
Appendix Table 3a. Average Plant Height (cm) of Lettuce at 21 DAS as under different levels of
hydroponic solution.

TREATMENTS REPLICATION TOTAL MEAN

I II III
T1 – HS alone 2.29 1.92 2.36 6.57 2.19
T2 – HS + 10ml of Amino acid
3.74 3.85 3.76 11.35 3.78
per 1 Liter of water
T3 – HS + 7.5ml of Amino acid 2.95 2.69 2.87 8.51 2.83
per 1 Liter of water
T4 - HS + 5ml of Amino acid 2.14 2.46 2.15 6.75 2.25
per 1 Liter of water

GRAND TOTAL 33.18

11.05
GRAND MEAN

Appendix Table 3b. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) of the transformed data of Plant Height
(cm) of Lactuca sativa that was grown in hydroponics under different levels of hydroponic
solution (21 DAS)
Source DF Sum of square Mean F Value Pr(>F)
Square
Treatment 3 4.934 1.645 59.829 0.000
Error 8 0.220 0.027
Total 11 5.154
CV%= 24.749 **= Highly Significant
Appendix Table 4a. Length of Leaves (cm) of Lettuce at 7 DAS as under different levels of
hydroponic solution.

TREATMENTS REPLICATION TOTAL MEAN

I II III
T1 – HS alone 0.96 0.70 0.83 2.43 0.84
T2 – HS + 10ml of Amino acid
1.91 1.92 1.92 5.75 1.91
per 1 Liter of water
T3 – HS + 7.5ml of Amino acid 1.04 0.83 0.89 2.76 0.92
per 1 Liter of water
0.92 0.62 0.83 2.37 0.79
T4 - HS + 5ml of Amino acid
per
1 Liter of water

GRAND TOTAL 13.31

4.46
GRAND MEAN

Appendix Table 4b. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) of the transformed data of Length of Leaves
(cm) of Lactuca sativa that was grown in hydroponics under different levels of hydroponic
solution (7 DAS)
Source DF Sum of square Mean F Value Pr(>F)
Square
Treatment 3 2.586 0.862 70.747 0.000
Error 8 0.097 0.012
Total 11 2.683
CV%= 44.228 **= highly Significant
Appendix Table 5a. Length of Leaves (cm) of Lettuce at 14 DAS as under different levels of
hydroponic solution.

TREATMENTS REPLICATION TOTAL MEAN

I II III
T1 – HS alone 1.85 1.45 1.75 5.05 1.68
T2 – HS + 10ml of Amino acid
2.95 2.69 2.87 8.51 2.83
per 1 Liter of water
T3 – HS + 7.5ml of Amino acid 2.18 2.01 2.04 6.23 2.07
per 1 Liter of water
T4 - HS + 5ml of Amino acid per 1.55 1.13 1.75 4.41 1.81
1 Liter of water

GRAND TOTAL 24.2

8.39
GRAND MEAN

Appendix Table 5b. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) of the transformed data of Length of Leaves
(cm) of Lactuca sativa that was grown in hydroponics under different levels of hydroponic
solution (14 DAS)
Source DF Sum of square Mean F Value Pr(>F)
Square
Treatment 3 2.403 0.801 20.523 0.000
Error 8 0.312 0.039
Total 11 2.715
CV%= 23.638 **= Highly Significant
Appendix Table 6a. Length of Leaves (cm) of Lettuce at 21 DAS as under different levels of
hydroponic solution.

TREATMENTS REPLICATION TOTAL MEAN

I II III
T1 – HS alone 2.31 1.91 2.23 6.45 2.15
T2 – HS + 10ml of Amino acid
3.43 3.39 3.23 10.05 3.35
per 1 Liter of water
T3 – HS + 7.5ml of Amino acid 3.03 3.05 2.95 9.03 3.01
per 1 Liter of water
T4 h HS + 5ml of Amino acid 2.08 2.85 2.26 7.19 2.39
per 1 Liter of water

GRAND TOTAL 24.72

10.9
GRAND MEAN

Appendix Table 6b. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) of the transformed data of Length of Leaves
(cm) of Lactuca sativa that was grown in hydroponics under different levels of hydroponic
solution (21 DAS)
Source DF Sum of square Mean F Value Pr(>F)
Square
Treatment 3 2.731 0.910 16.473 0.001
Error 8 0.442 0.055
Total 11 3.170
CV%= 19.697 **= Highly Significant

.
Appendix Table 7a. Width of Leaves (cm) of Lettuce at 7 DAS as under different levels of
hydroponic solution.

TREATMENTS REPLICATION TOTAL MEAN

I II III
T1 – HS alone 0.86 0.72 0.69 2.27 0.75
T2 – HS + 10ml of Amino acid
1.57 1.72 1.67 4.96 1.65
per 1 Liter of water
T3 – HS + 7.5ml of Amino acid 0.81 0.78 0.72 2.31 0.77
per 1 Liter of water
T4 - HS + 5ml of Amino acid 0.85 0.7 0.73 2.28 0.76
per 1 Liter of water

GRAND TOTAL 11.82

3.93
GRAND MEAN

Appendix Table 7b. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) of the transformed data of Width of Leaves
(cm) of Lactuca sativa that was grown in hydroponics under different levels of hydroponic
solution (7 DAS)
Source DF Sum of square Mean F Value Pr(>F)
Square
Treatment 3 1.787 0.596 106.051 0.000
Error 8 0.045 0.006
Total 11 1.832
CV%= 41.430 **= Highly Significant
Appendix Table 8a. Width of Leaves (cm) of Lettuce at 14 DAS as under different levels of
hydroponic solution.

TREATMENTS REPLICATION TOTAL MEAN

I II III
T1 – HS alone 1.38 1.3 1.31 3.99 1.27
T2 – HS + 10ml of Amino acid
2.6 2.41 2.41 7.42 2.47
per 1 Liter of water
T3 – HS + 7.5ml of Amino acid 1.83 1.74 1.7 5.27 1.76
per 1 Liter of water
T4 - HS + 5ml of Amino acid 1.31 1.34 1.32 3.97 1.32
per 1 Liter of water

GRAND TOTAL 20.65

6.82
GRAND MEAN

Appendix Table 8b. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) of the transformed data of Width of Leaves
(cm) of Lactuca sativa that was grown in hydroponics under different levels of hydroponic
solution (14 DAS)
Source DF Sum of square Mean F Value Pr(>F)
Square
Treatment 3 2.777 0.926 105.996 0.000
Error 8 0.070 0.009
Total 11 2.847
CV%= 29.780 **= Highly Significant
Appendix Table 9a. Width of Leaves (cm) of Lettuce at 21 DAS as under different levels of
hydroponic solution.

TREATMENTS REPLICATION TOTAL MEAN

I II III
T1 – HS alone 1.94 1.57 1.82 5.33 1.77
T2 – HS + 10ml of Amino acid
3.07 2.86 2.86 8.79 2.93
per 1 Liter of water
T3 – HS + 7.5ml of Amino acid 2.6 2.58 2.47 7.65 2.55
per 1 Liter of water
T4 - HS + 5ml of Amino acid 1.82 1.93 1.82 5.57 1.85
per 1 Liter of water

GRAND TOTAL 27.34

9.1
GRAND MEAN

Appendix Table 9b. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) of the transformed data of Width of Leaves
(cm) of Lactuca sativa that was grown in hydroponics under different levels of hydroponic
solution (21 DAS)
Source DF Sum of Mean F Value Pr(>F)
square Square
Treatment 3 2.784 0.928 62.628 0.000
Error 8 0.119 0.015
Total 11 2.902
CV%= 22.5457 **= Highly Significant
Appendix Table 10a. Number of Leaves of Lettuce at 7 DAS as under different levels of
hydroponic solution.

TREATMENTS REPLICATION TOTAL MEAN

I II III
T1 – HS alone 2 2 2 6 2
T2 – HS + 10ml of Amino acid
2 2 2 6 2
per 1 Liter of water
T3 – HS + 7.5ml of Amino acid 2 2 2 6 2
per 1 Liter of water
T4 - HS + 5ml of Amino acid 2 2 2 6 2
per 1 Liter of water

GRAND TOTAL 24
6
GRAND MEAN

Appendix Table 10b. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) of the transformed data of Number of
Leaves of Lactuca sativa that was grown in hydroponics under different levels of hydroponic
solution (7 DAS)
Source DF Sum of Mean F Value Pr(>F)
square Square
Treatment 3 0.000 0.000
Error 8 0.000 0.000
Total 11 0.000
ERROR: The data for the response variable 'NL.1' is constant.
Appendix Table 11a. Number of Leaves of Lettuce at 14 DAS as under different levels of
hydroponic solution.

TREATMENTS REPLICATION TOTAL MEAN

I II III
T1 – HS alone 3.5 3.5 3.2 10.2 3.40
T2 – HS + 10ml of Amino acid
3.8 3.7 3.6 11.1 3.70
per 1 Liter of water
T3 – HS + 7.5ml of Amino acid 3.6 3.5 3.6 10.7 3.56
per 1 Liter of water
T4 - HS + 5ml of Amino acid 3.4 3.6 3.5 10.5 3.50
per 1 Liter of water

GRAND TOTAL 45.6

14.16
GRAND MEAN

Appendix Table 11b. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) of the transformed data of Number of
Leaves of Lactuca sativa that was grown in hydroponics under different levels of hydroponic
solution (14 DAS)
Source DF Sum of square Mean F Value Pr(>F)
Square
Treatment 3 0.142 0.047 3.562 0.067
Error 7 0.107 0.013
Total 11 0.249
CV%= 4.249 ns= Not Significant
Appendix Table 12a. Number of Leaves of Lettuce at 21 DAS as under different levels of
hydroponic solution.

TREATMENTS REPLICATION TOTAL MEAN

I II III
T1 – HS alone) 6.1 5.5 5.2 16.8 5.60
T2 – HS + 10ml of Amino acid
6.4 6.6 5.9 18.9 6.30
per 1 Liter of water
T3 – HS + 7.5ml of Amino acid 7.2 7.1 7 21.3 7.10
per 1 Liter of water
T4 g HS + 5ml of Amino acid 6.8 6.8 6.5 20.1 6.70
per 1 Liter of water

GRAND TOTAL 77.1

25.7
GRAND MEAN

Appendix Table 12b. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) of the transformed data of Number of
Leaves of Lactuca sativa that was grown in hydroponics under different levels of hydroponic
solution (21 DAS)
Source DF Sum of square Mean F Value Pr(>F)
Square
Treatment 3 3.682 1.228 12.921 0.002
Error 8 0.760 0.095
Total 11 4.442
CV%= 9.891 *=Significant
Appendix Table 13a. Leaf Color (cm) of Lettuce at 7 DAS as under different levels of
hydroponic solution.

TREATMENTS REPLICATION TOTAL MEAN

I II III
T1 – HS alone 2.2 2.4 2.5 7.1 2.36
T2 – HS + 10ml of Amino acid
2.4 2.3 2.3 7 2.33
per 1 Liter of water
T3 – HS + 7.5ml of Amino acid 2.5 2.7 2.4 7.6 2.53
per 1 Liter of water
T4 - HS + 5ml of Amino acid 2.5 2.7 2.4 7.6 2.53
per 1 Liter of water

GRAND TOTAL 29
9.75
GRAND MEAN

Appendix Table 10b. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) of the transformed data of Leaf Color of
Lactuca sativa that was grown in hydroponics under different levels of hydroponic solution (7
DAS)
Source DF Sum of Mean F Value Pr(>F)
square Square
Treatment 3 0.103 0.034 1.864 0.214
Error 8 0.147 0.018
Total 11 0.249
CV%= 6.164 ns= Not Significant
Appendix Table 14a. Leaf Color of Lettuce at 14 DAS as under different levels of hydroponic
solution.

TREATMENTS REPLICATION TOTAL MEAN

I II III
T1 – HS alone 2.6 2.5 2.7 7.8 2.60
T2 - HS + 10ml of Amino acid
2.7 2.5 2.7 7.9 2.63
per 1 Liter of water
T3 – HS + 7.5ml of Amino acid 2.8 2.6 2.6 7.7 2.66
per 1 Liter of water
T4 - HS + 5ml of Amino acid 2.7 2.7 2.2 7.6 2.53
per 1 Liter of water

GRAND TOTAL 31
10.42
GRAND MEAN

Appendix Table 14b. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) of the transformed data of Leaf Color of
Lactuca sativa that was grown in hydroponics under different levels of hydroponic solution
(14 DAS)
Source DF Sum of square Mean F Value Pr(>F)
Square
Treatment 3 0.029 0.010 0.324 0.808
Error 8 0.240 0.030
Total 11 0.269
CV%= 5.997 ns= Not Significant
Appendix Table 15a. Leaf Color of Lettuce at 21 DAS as under different levels of hydroponic
solution.

TREATMENTS REPLICATION TOTAL MEAN

I II III
T1 – HS alone 3.4 3.1 3 9.5 3.16
T2 – HS + 10ml of Amino acid per 3.8 3.8 3.6 11.2 3.73
1 Liter of water
T3 – HS + 7.5ml of Amino acid 3.8 3.9 3.7 11.4 3.80
per 1 Liter of water
T4 - HS + 5ml of Amino acid per 3.7 3.3 3.1 10.1 3.36
1 Liter of water

GRAND TOTAL 42.2

14.05
GRAND MEAN

Appendix Table 15b. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) of the transformed data of Leaf Color of
Lactuca sativa that was grown in hydroponics under different levels of hydroponic solution
(21 DAS)
Source DF Sum of square Mean F Value Pr(>F)
Square
Treatment 3 0.817 0.272 6.806 0.014
Error 8 0.320 0.040
Total 11 1.137
CV%= 9.141 *= Significant