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Research Article

Fertilization and Colors of Plastic Mulch Affect Biomass and Essential Oil of Sweet-Scented Geranium

Table 2

The effect of different colors of plastic mulch and fertilizers on the survival and leaf fresh weight of sweet-scented geranium.


Survival (%)
Fertilizer	Colors of plastic mulch
Fertilizer	Control	White	Black	Silver colored

	First harvest
Control	58.33^Aa	100.00^Aa	100.00^Aa	100.00^Aa
Cattle manure	58.33^Aa	91,66^Aa	100.00^Aa	100.00^Aa
NPK 3-12-6	58.33^Aa	100.00^Aa	100.00^Aa	100.00^Aa
Cattle manure + NPK 3-12-6	25.00^Bb	100.00^Aa	100.00^Aa	100.00^Aa

	Second harvest
Control	58.33^Aa	91.66^Aa	100.00^Aa	100.00^Aa
Cattle manure	58.33^Aa	100.00^Aa	100.00^Aa	100.00^Aa
NPK 3-12-6	58.33^Aa	100.00^Aa	100.00^Aa	100.00^Aa
Cattle manure + NPK 3-12-6	16.66^Ba	100.00^Aa	100.00^Aa	100.00^Aa

	Third harvest
Control	58.33^Aa	100.00^Aa	100.00^Aa	100.00^Aa
Cattle manure	58.33^Aa	91.66^Aa	100.00^Aa	100.00^Aa
NPK 3-12-6	41.66^Ba	100.00^Aa	100.00^Aa	100.00^Aa
Cattle manure + NPK 3-12-6	16.66^Bb	91.66^Aa	100.00^Aa	100.00^Aa

	Fourth harvest
Control	25.00^Bb	91.66^Aa	100.00^Aa	100.00^Aa
Cattle manure	33.33^Ba	83.33^Aa	100.00^Aa	91.66^Aa
NPK 3-12-6	33.33^Ba	83.33^Aa	100.00^Aa	100.00^Aa
Cattle manure + NPK 3-12-6	25.00^Bb	91.66^Aa	50.00^Bb	100.00^Aa

Leaf fresh weight (g·plant⁻¹)
Fertilizer	Colors of plastic mulch
Fertilizer	Control	White	Black	Silver colored

	First harvest
Control	107.65^aA	164.33^bA	150.07^aA	303.09^aA
Cattle manure	70.83^Ba	346.65^Aa	179.76^Ba	319.15^Aa
NPK 3-12-6	78.51^Ba	303.38^Aa	148.52^Ba	248.25^Aa
Cattle manure + NPK 3-12-6	62.53^Ba	374.98^Aa	261.36^Aa	363.86^Aa

	Second harvest
Control	106.65^Aa	311.32^Aa	196.28^Aa	372.15^Aa
Cattle manure	82.21^Aa	332.41^Aa	232.34^Aa	404.18^Aa
NPK 3-12-6	65.17^Ba	368.68^Aa	215.04^Ba	359.23^Aa
Cattle manure + NPK 3-12-6	23.28^Ba	299.97^Aa	272.50^Aa	305.56^Aa

	Third harvest
Control	141.66^Ba	425.00^Aa	187.50^Ba	389.83^Aa
Cattle manure	137.50^Ba	555.00^Aa	316.66^Ba	482.44^Aa
NPK 3-12-6	136.11^Aa	434.16^Aa	326.66^Aa	334.71^Aa
Cattle manure + NPK 3-12-6	21.66^Ba	456.39^Aa	324.16^Aa	451.29^Aa

	Fourth harvest
Control	23.33^Aa	23.33^Aa	141.66^Aa	269.16^Aa
Cattle manure	55.00^Aa	55.00^Aa	183.99^Aa	207.50^Aa
NPK 3-12-6	63.33^Aa	63.33^Aa	203.33^Aa	138.33^Aa
Cattle manure + NPK 3-12-6	150.00^Aa	150.00^Aa	216.66^Aa	289.16^Aa

Lowercase letters indicate differences within columns, and uppercase letters indicate differences within rows. Values followed by the same letter are not statistically different based on the Scott-Knott test ().