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

Table 3

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

Amaranth	Treatments	Leaf breadth (mm)
		1 WAT	2 WAT	3 WAT	4 WAT	5 WAT	6 WAT
A. hybridus	Control	1.50^a	4.90^ab	6.63^a	7.53^b	7.96^b	8.13^b
	PM	2.10^a	6.00^a	7.16^a	7.90^b	8.20^b	8.43^b
	NPK	1.50^a	2.56^b	7.63^a	11.33^a	13.13^a	14.03^a
A. cruentus	Control	1.46^a	4.33^ab	6.16^a	6.36^b	6.66^b	6.53^b
	PM	1.90^a	5.33^a	6.20^a	6.93^b	7.23^b	6.90^b
	NPK	1.30^a	3.33^b	7.60^a	8.76^a	9.16^a	9.60^a
A. deflexus	Control	1.76^a	2.93^b	3.43^a	3.83^b	4.30^a	3.73^b
	PM	1.23^b	2.63^b	3.60^a	3.83^b	4.06^a	3.50^b
	NPK	1.83^a	3.86^a	4.16^a	4.93^a	5.23^a	4.80^a

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