Research Article

Growth Performance and Nutrient Uptake of Oil Palm Seedling in Prenursery Stage as Influenced by Oil Palm Waste Compost in Growing Media

Table 2

Factor pattern, eigenvalues, and percentages of the variance explained by each factor, obtained from the first PCA performed on the physicochemical properties of growing media.

PC 1PC 2PC 3

Soil pH
Bulk density (g cm−3)
C : N ratio
C%
N%
P%
K%
Ca%
Mg%
Cu (mg/kg)
Zn (mg/kg)
Mn (mg/kg)
Na (mg/kg)
Eigenvalue
% variance