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

Table 5

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

		Nitrogen %		Phosphorus %
		30th day	60th day	30th day	60th day
5 g rice husk	Control	1.21±0.12	1.27±0.05	0.07±0.01	0.08±0.00
	JUR1	1.87±0.28	1.50±0.20	0.18±0.05	0.09±0.00
		(+54.54)	(+18.11)	(+157.14)	(+12.5)
	JUR2	1.94±0.30	1.54±0.10	0.2±0.13^d	0.12±0.10
		(+60.33)	(+21.25)	(+185.71)	(+50)
	JUF1	4.07±0.84^a	1.46±0.13	0.35±0.42^c	0.09±0.00
		(+236.36)	(+14.96)	(+400)	(+12.5)
	JUR1 + JUF1	3.27±1.08^c	1.49±0.03	0.12±0.03	0.09±0.00
		(+170.24)	(+17.32)	(+71.42)	(+12.5)
	JUR2 + JUF1	2.0±0.25	1.52±0.02	0.15±0.09	0.11±0.02
		(+65.28)	(+19.68)	(+114.28)	(+37.5)
10 g rice husk	Control	1.58±0.1	1.7±0.31	0.07±0.01	0.09±0.05
	JUR1	1.86±0.74	2.16±0.65	0.07±0.01	0.12±0.03
		(+17.72)	(+27.05)	(0)	(+33.33)
	JUR2	1.80±0.37	2.73±0.95^d	0.05±0.02	0.15±0.00
		(+13.92)	(+60.58)	(−28.57)	(+66.66)
	JUF1	2.21±0.34^d	2.01±0.84	0.10±0.04	0.17±0.06^d
		(+39.87)	(+18.23)	(+42.85)	(+88.88)
	JUR1 + JUF1	1.66±0.35	2.57±0.43	0.15±0.00	0.12±0.03
		(+5.06)	(+51.17)	(+114.28)	(+33.33)
	JUR2 + JUF1	1.32±0.02	2.03±0.63	0.10±0.04	0.12±0.03
		(−16.45)	(+19.41)	(+42.85)	(+33.33)

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.