Different Rates of Chicken Manure and NPK 15-15-15 Enhanced Performance of Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) on Ferruginous Soil

Table 1

Physical and chemical properties of the soil and chicken manure used for the experiment.

Chemical properties	pH	Organic C	N	Available P	Exchangeable base (cmol/kg)				Micronutrients (mg/kg)
		(g/kg)			K	Ca	Mg	Na	Mn	Fe	Zn	Cu
Soil	6.8	27.8	1.2	21.6	4.2	0.5	1.4	0.7	57.0	77.7	56.3	1.9
Chicken manure	5.9	68.5	1.5	0.5	2.2	0.8	0.5	0.4	32.5	0.2	58.0	7.0