Effect of Sorghum Mulches on Emergence and Seedling Growth of Beggarticks, Goose Grass, and Sesame

Table 3

Macronutrient composition of the dry sorghum residues used in the study.

Nutrient	Amount of nutrient in 2 g ground sorghum sample	Amount of nutrient in 10.5 g sorghum biomass/19.4 m^2	Amount of nutrient in 18.4 g sorghum biomass/19.4 m^2	Amount of nutrient in 27.7 g sorghum biomass/19.4 m^2	Recommended nutrient amount/19.4 m^2 [2]
Nitrogen	0.238	1.249	2.189	3.296	0.02716
Phosphorus	0.264	1.387	2.431	3.659	0.0543
Potassium	0.131	0.686	1.202	1.809	0.0272