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

Table 2

Leaf length in three Amaranthus species grown in fertilized and unfertilized soil from 1 to 6 weeks after transplanting.

Amaranth	Treatments	Leaf length (mm)
		1 WAT	2 WAT	3 WAT	4 WAT	5 WAT	6 WAT
A. hybridus	Control	3.73^a	9.30^ab	12.60^a	15.80^b	16.23^b	16.66^b
	PM	4.60^a	11.40^a	14.56^a	15.50^b	16.16^b	16.40^b
	NPK	3.13^a	5.46^b	12.46^a	24.00^a	27.20^a	28.36^a
A. cruentus	Control	3.66^a	8.83^ab	12.26^a	12.93^b	13.53^b	13.93^b
	PM	4.30^a	10.66^a	12.70^a	14.00^b	14.73^b	15.06^b
	NPK	2.90^a	6.73^b	14.73^a	18.36^a	19.00^a	20.10^a
A. deflexus	Control	4.00^a	10.63^a	12.53^a	13.83^a	14.20^a	14.16^b
	PM	2.80^b	8.03^b	11.46^a	12.56^a	13.26^a	13.43^b
	NPK	4.16^a	10.30^a	11.50^a	14.26^a	15.53^a	16.83^a

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