Combined Application of Phosphorus Fertilizer with Tithonia Biomass Improves Grain Yield and Agronomic Phosphorus Use Efficiency of Hybrid Maize

Table 6

Leaf area measurements of maize as affected by the combined application of Tithonia biomass and phosphorus fertilizer (TSP).

Treatment no.	Amount of P added (kg·ha^−1)			LAI
	From Tithonia	From TSP	% P from Tithonia	Location
				Serbo	Melko
1	0	0	0	1.30	1.30
2	0	0	0	1.30	1.57
3	0	20.3	0	1.30	1.50
4	0	20.3	0	1.30	1.90
5	6.1	14.2	30	1.63	1.70
6	8.3	12.0	40	1.67	1.40
7	10.2	10.1	50	1.60	2.10
8	12.2	8.1	60	1.33	1.80
9	14.2	6.1	70	1.67	1.87
10	16.3	4.0	80	1.83	1.87
11	18.3	2.0	90	1.53	1.93
12	20.3	0	100	1.67	1.60
LSD0.05				0.142	0.20
CV%				5.39	6.87