Composted Rice Husk Improves the Growth and Biochemical Parameters of Sunflower Plants

Table 3

Effect of composted rice husk on physical parameters of H. annuus (sunflower) plants.

		Root length (cm)		Shoot length (cm)		Fresh weight (gm)
		30th day	60th day	30th day	60th day	30th day	60th day
5 g rice husk	Control	20.5±0.50	23.96±1.09	28.03±1.35	31.76±0.66	1.41±0.21	1.46±0.13
	JUR1	24.9±1.47^d	29.66±5.00	34.86±1.91^a	47.36±3.68^a	2.27±0.29	3.27±1.15^d
		(+21.46)	(+23.78)	(+24.36)	(+49.11)	(+60.99)	(+123.97)
	JUR2	25.5±2.76^d	28.6±1.55	34.03±3.18^b	44.13±3.09^a	3.11±0.81^b	3.37±0.56^c
		(+24.39)	(+19.36)	(+21.4)	(+38.94)	(+120.56)	(+130.82)
	JUF1	28.0±2.29^b	28.63±0.77	36.96±1.86^a	46.6±1.70^a	3.24±0.65^a	3.66±0.57^c
		(+36.58)	(+19.49)	(+31.85)	(+46.72)	(+129.78)	(+150.68)
	JUR1 + JUF1	25.43±2.47^d	25.7±5.00	25.43±2.47	44.56±2.79^a	2.13±0.78	3.93±0.37^b
		(+24.04)	(+7.26)	(−9.27)	(+40.3)	(+51.06)	(+169.17)
	JUR2 + JUF1	24.23±1.25	27.13±7.64	35.93±1.96^a	43.23±0.20^a	3.18±0.40^a	3.37±0.44^c
		(+18.19)	(+13.23)	(+28.18)	(+36.11)	(+125.53)	(+130.82)
10 g rice husk	Control	25.03±0.70	26.73±2.95	25.33±0.58	32.06±2.10	1.57±0.28	1.38±0.44
	JUR1	28.1±7.36	30.16±2.84	40.86±6.21^a	39.70±1.77^c	3.12±2.32	2.73±0.50
		(+12.26)	(+12.83)	(+61.31)	(+28.83)	(+98.72)	(+97.82)
	JUR2	26.23±3.62	30.63±0.40	34.73±0.64^a	35.0±2.16	1.93±0.21	2.05±0.15
		(+4.79)	(+14.59)	(+37.11)	(+9.17)	(+22.92)	(+48.55)
	JUF1	27.4±1.47	32.60±5.25^d	36.0±0.26^a	44.43±3.44^a	2.51±0.19	3.13±0.81
		(+9.46)	(+21.96)	(+42.12)	(+38.58)	(+59.87)	(+126.81)
	JUR1 + JUF1	26.03±3.69	33.96±1.65^d	43.66±1.52^a	48.53±5.8^a	3.29±1.00	6.19±3.76^a
		(+3.99)	(+27.04)	(+72.36)	(+51.37)	(+109.55)	(+348.55)
	JUR2 + JUF1	27.93±2.20	30.86±4.57	40.83±3.30^a	46.2±1.3^a	3.01±0.25	3.65±0.45^d
		(+11.58)	(+15.54)	(+61.19)	(+44.1)	(+91.71)	(+164.49)

Each value is the mean ± S.D (standard deviation) of 5 replicates. Means bearing superscripts in each column are significantly different with respective control at 𝑃<0.05 (LSD). Values within parenthesis represent percent increase or decrease (−) with respective control.