| Table 5: Phosphorus and Mg contents in peanut shoot as a function of Pb rates applied to soil with sewage sludge, time of sewage sludge application, mineral fertilization, and control. |
| | Nutrient content (g kg−1) | | Treatment | P | Mg |
| | Additional treatments | | | | Control | 0.8a† | 4.1a | | Mineral fertilization | 1.7a | 2.3b | | Sewage sludge | | | | Pb rate (mg kg−1) | | | | 3 | 1.8a | 3.1a | | 21 | 1.9a | 3.1a | | 42 | 1.8a | 3.0a | | Time of application | | | | 30 d before sowing | 1.9a | 2.8a | | At the day of sowing | 1.8a | 3.3a |
| | Analysis of variance | | Source of variation | F test‡ |
| | Additional treatments |
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** | | Pb rate | NS | NS | | Time of application | NS | NS | | Pb rate × time of application | NS | NS | | Sewage sludge × additional treatments |
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* | | CV (%) | 11.97 | 16.16 |
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†Means followed by same letter in column within additional treatments and each factor of factorial do not differ significantly by Tukey test at P < 0.05.
‡NS: not significant. *, **significant at P < 0.05 and P < 0.01, respectively.
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