Research Article
Combined Application of Phosphorus Fertilizer with Tithonia Biomass Improves Grain Yield and Agronomic Phosphorus Use Efficiency of Hybrid Maize
Table 5
Growth characteristics of maize as affected by the combined application of Tithonia biomass and phosphorus fertilizer (TSP).
| | Treatment no. | Phosphorus added (kg·ha−1) | Location: Serbo | Location: Melko | | From Tithonia | From TSP | Plant height (cm) | Internode length (cm) | Stem girth (cm) | Plant height (cm) | Internode length (cm) | Stem girth (cm) |
| | 1 | 0 | 0 | 284.67 | 17.5 | 8.1 | 254.0 | 17.2 | 7.7 | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 275.67 | 17.1 | 7.1 | 264.3 | 18.3 | 8.0 | | 3 | 0 | 20.3 | 296.33 | 16.2 | 8.5 | 276.0 | 16.9 | 8.4 | | 4 | 0 | 20.3 | 306.67 | 17.3 | 8.2 | 305.7 | 16.4 | 8.6 | | 5 | 6.1 | 14.2 | 304.67 | 17.0 | 8.8 | 319.0 | 18.0 | 8.6 | | 6 | 8.3 | 12.0 | 304.33 | 17.4 | 8.7 | 303.0 | 17.7 | 9.0 | | 7 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 305.67 | 16.3 | 8.5 | 317.7 | 18.2 | 9.4 | | 8 | 12.2 | 8.1 | 300.33 | 18.4 | 8.2 | 300.3 | 17.1 | 9.1 | | 9 | 14.2 | 6.1 | 311.33 | 18.0 | 8.7 | 294.7 | 17.1 | 9.2 | | 10 | 16.3 | 4.0 | 304.67 | 17.4 | 8.1 | 307.3 | 18.3 | 8.9 | | 11 | 18.3 | 2.0 | 316.67 | 17.7 | 8.7 | 306.3 | 18.2 | 9.4 | | 12 | 20.3 | 0 | 318.33 | 18.2 | 8.4 | 290.3 | 15.1 | 8.7 | | LSD0.05 | | | 13.76 | 1.119 | 0.788 | 33.23 | ns | 1.06 | | CV% | | | 2.69 | 3.80 | 5.60 | 13.73 | 11.34 | 7.14 |
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