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

Table 8

Effect of different rates of chicken manure and NPK fertilizers on plant nutrient uptake by sunflowers.

Treatments	Nutrient uptake
	(g/kg)	(cmol/kg)		(mg/g)
	N	K	Na	Mg	Mn	Cu	Zn	Fe
Control	0.36	0.56	0.20	0.18	139.45	52.75	48.25	0.25
Chicken manure 5 t·ha^−1	0.66	0.85	0.40	0.29	118.31	7.00	90.45	0.27
Chicken manure 10 t·ha^−1	0.75	0.63	0.23	0.19	91.01	7.30	59.01	0.23
Chicken manure 15 t·ha^−1	0.80	0.73	0.29	0.24	134.21	4.73	62.75	0.14
Chicken manure 20 t·ha^−1	0.85	0.79	0.31	0.21	71.78	75.25	56.01	0.25
NPK 30 kg·N·ha^−1	0.40	0.75	0.35	0.28	75.32	88.00	105.75	0.24
NPK 60 kg·N·ha^−1	0.53	0.76	0.22	0.15	116.81	93.50	64.31	0.15
NPK 90 kg·N·ha^−1	0.70	0.70	0.24	0.20	99.50	71.50	94.00	0.26