Research Article
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 m2 | Amount of nutrient in 18.4 g sorghum biomass/19.4 m2 | Amount of nutrient in 27.7 g sorghum biomass/19.4 m2 | Recommended nutrient amount/19.4 m2 [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 |
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