Research Article
Comparative Effects of Different Fertilizer Sources on the Growth and Nutrient Content of Moringa (Moringa oleifera) Seedling in a Greenhouse Trial
Table 7
Comparative effect of PM, OMF, and NPK on the nutrient content of moringa.
| Treatments | %N (g/kg) | P (mg/kg) | Ca (cmol/kg) | Mg (cmol/kg) | K (cmol/kg) | Na (mg/g) | Mn (mg/g) | Fe (mg/g) | Cu (mg/g) | Zn (mg/g) |
| Control | 2.11b | 0.15b | 0.87b | 0.70a | 2.28c | 401.08c | 100.20c | 189.02a | 6.61b | 36.14a | OMF | 2.01b | 0.19b | 2.46a | 0.42a | 3.21b | 492.14b | 115.43c | 158.43a | 6.04b | 10.43b | NPK | 3.28a | 0.12b | 0.94b | 0.46a | 2.66c | 392.18c | 392.34b | 198.08a | 8.31a | 17.23b | PM | 4.13a | 0.26a | 0.94b | 0.53a | 4.78a | 563.05a | 563.00a | 142.17a | 8.22a | 19.78b | SE | 1.70 | 0.42 | 1.14 | 0.73 | 1.80 | 21.50 | 17.11 | 13.11 | 2.70 | 4.57 |
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Values with different letters (a, b, c) are significantly () different using Duncan’s multiple range test.
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