Effect of NPK and Poultry Manure on Growth, Yield, and Proximate Composition of Three Amaranths

Table 1

Number of leaves in three Amaranthus species grown in fertilized and unfertilized soil from 1 to 6 weeks after transplanting.

Amaranth	Treatments	Number of leaves
		1 WAT	2 WAT	3 WAT	4 WAT	5 WAT	6 WAT
A. hybridus	Control	6^ab	15^a	19^a	27^a	23^a	25^a
	PM	7^a	18^a	22^a	30^a	28^a	25^a
	NPK	4^b	7^b	16^a	27^a	24^a	21^a
A. cruentus	Control	8^a	16^ab	28^a	34^a	31^a	28^a
	PM	8^a	22^a	28^a	35^a	34^a	31^a
	NPK	6^a	12^b	28^a	36^a	32^a	32^a
A. deflexus	Control	9^a	36^a	44^a	49^a	54^a	57^a
	PM	7^a	18^a	29^b	37^a	41^a	39^b
	NPK	10^a	24^b	36^b	44^a	53^a	59^a

∗Comparison is treatment-wise. Means with the same letter(s) within each species are not significant at 𝑃<0.05.