Composted Rice Husk Improves the Growth and Biochemical Parameters of Sunflower Plants

Table 4

Effect of composted rice husk on biochemical parameters of H. annuus (sunflower) plants.

		Total chlorophyll (mg)		Total carbohydrate (mg/g)		Crud protein (%)
		30th day	60th day	30th day	60th day	30th day	60th day
5 g rice husk	Control	2.41±0.06	2.19±0.08	173.55±25.28	184.02±14.76	7.51±0.76	7.96±0.35
	JUR1	2.68±0.30	2.26±0.12	253.94±37.42^c	204.17±27.03	11.73±1.74	9.42±1.24
		(+11.2)	(+3.19)	(+46.32)	(+10.94)	(+56.19)	(+18.34)
	JUR2	3.40±0.50^d	2.99±0.14^d	261.87±40.85^c	208.08±13.67	12.12±1.89	9.63±0.62
		(+41.07)	(+36.52)	(+50.89)	(+13.07)	(+61.38)	(+20.97)
	JUF1	3.03±0.81	3.07±0.30^c	595.71±48.16^a	197.62±17.46	25.46±5.22^a	9.15±0.82
		(+25.72)	(+40.18)	(+243.25)	(+7.39)	(+239.01)	(+14.94)
	JUR1 + JUF1	3.03±0.48	2.38±0.22	443.06±46.63^a	202.06±4.92	20.49±6.78^a	9.34±0.20
		(+25.72)	(+8.67)	(+155.29)	(+9.89)	(+172.83)	(+17.33)
	JUR2 + JUF1	2.60±0.53	2.68±0.36	270.75±33.89^c	205.75±3.85	12.51±1.57	9.53±0.16
		(+7.88)	(+22.37)	(+56)	(+11.8)	(+66.57)	(+19.72)
10 g rice husk	Control	1.75±0.34	2.22±0.49	218.86±20.68	266.31±22.86	9.71±0.95	10.63±1.92
	JUR1	1.77±0.38	2.35±1.17	248.3±20.38	277.62±43.02	11.64±4.66	13.52±4.08
		(+1.14)	(+5.85)	(+13.45)	(+4.24)	(+19.87)	(+27.18)
	JUR2	1.22±0.31	3.13±0.44	243.8±51.20	369.35±31.54^c	11.25±2.35	17.09±5.97^d
		(+30.28)	(+40.99)	(+11.39)	(+38.69)	(+15.85)	(+60.77)
	JUF1	2.06±0.38	4.17±1.16^d	299.92±46.02^c	253.58±62.75	13.87±2.13^d	12.57±5.24
		(+17.71)	(+87.63)	(+37.03)	(−4.78)	(+42.84)	(+18.25)
	JUR1 + JUF1	3.09±0.51^d	4.48±1.11^d	225.20±47.55	348.42±58.96^d	10.42±2.21	16.1±2.71
		(+76.57)	(+101.8)	(+2.89)	(+30.83)	(+7.31)	(+51.45)
	JUR2 + JUF1	2.19±0.81	3.86±0.27	179.44±4.4	275.51±26.06	8.29±0.20	12.73±3.98
		(+25.14)	(+73.87)	(−18.01)	(+3.45)	(−14.62)	(+19.75)

Each value is the mean ± S.D (standard deviation) of 5 replicates. Means bearing superscripts in each column are significantly different with respective control at 𝑃<0.05 (LSD). Values within parenthesis represent percent increase or decrease (−) with respective control.