International Journal of Agronomy

Research Article

Growth and Performance of Baby Spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) Grown under Different Organic Fertilizers

Table 4

Effects of type of organic source × days after fertilizer application × growing season on the baby spinach the growth parameters.


		H1			CGR			TDMP			LAI			LAR			NAR

	Year	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3
Day 14	Cattle	0.08	0.10	0.09	155.8	156.2	156.3	26.2	26.4	25.9	4.99	4.00	4.25	0.81	0.82	0.81	0.05	0.04	0.04
	Goat	0.09	0.08	0.10	168.2	168.7	167.0	29.1	28.9	29.0	5.18	5.19	5.23	0.90	0.89	0.88	0.05	0.04	0.03
	Poultry	0.19	0.18	0.19	178.2	177.9	177.8	32.4	31.5	31.1	7.57	7.47	7.58	1.08	1.10	1.09	0.07	0.07	0.06
	Comp. D	0.21	0.21	0.20	181.4	180.1	179.3	34.2	33.1	34.3	8.38	8.39	8.40	1.78	1.77	1.78	0.08	0.08	0.08

Day 21	Cattle	0.36	0.34	0.34	150.2	151.2	151.3	34.8	34.6	34.5	5.77	5.70	5.75	1.39	1.37	1.38	0.06	0.06	0.06
	Goat	0.38	0.37	0.37	165.2	165.4	164.9	37.3	37.3	37.6	7.10	7.13	7.12	1.43	1.44	1.41	0.06	0.07	0.06
	Poultry	0.49	0.48	0.49	162.2	161.0	161.2	48.2	49.1	48.4	8.82	8.67	8.78	2.11	2.13	2.10	0.08	0.09	0.08
	Comp. D	0.52	0.52	0.53	170.1	169.3	169.5	54.1	55.0	54.3	9.17	9.14	9.15	2.44	2.40	2.39	0.09	0.09	0.09
Day 28	Cattle	0.59	0.58	0.61	158.1	159.4	158.7	47.4	47.6	46.5	6.57	6.58	6.54	1.91	1.90	1.91	0.07	0.07	0.08
	Goat	0.57	0.56	0.59	166.5	168.7	167.0	48.2	48.9	48.0	7.78	7.69	7.66	1.80	1.79	1.81	0.07	0.07	0.07
	Poultry	0.75	0.74	0.74	160.2	160.9	161.0	59.8	61.2	61.3	8.17	8.36	8.18	1.88	1.90	1.89	0.07	0.09	0.08
	Comp. D	0.72	0.71	0.70	165.4	162.2	163.1	60.6	63.4	62.1	9.81	9.93	9.60	2.61	2.67	2.64	0.06	0.06	0.06

Day 35	Cattle	0.66	0.64	0.63	140.1	142.1	141.4	53.7	54.5	54.1	10.1	9.9	10.0	3.22	3.73	3.82	0.08	0.07	0.08
	Goat	0.68	0.66	0.67	144.0	142.8	143.7	59.0	60.2	59.8	11.2	11.3	11.4	3.81	3.94	3.81	0.07	0.07	0.80
	Poultry	0.88	0.89	0.89	151.2	151.7	152.4	68.1	69.4	68.2	12.1	12.0	12.2	4.31	4.41	4.10	0.09	0.09	0.08
	Comp. D	0.62	0.64	0.63	161.3	160.4	161.2	56.4	57.1	57.4	9.4	9.5	9.6	2.92	2.82	2.90	0.05	0.04	0.04
LSD_{0.05 (M × D} × _S)		0.14			9.14			7.12			3.20			0.90			0.003

Year 1 = 2018, Year 2 = 2019, Year 3 = 2020, M = organic manure, D = days after organic application, S = growing season, and Comp. D = compound D. HI, CGR, TDMP, LAI, LAR, and NAR are the harvest index, crop growth rate, total dry matter production, leaf area index, leaf area ratio, and net assimilation rate, respectively.