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

Table 4

The plant height of three Amaranthus species grown in fertilized and unfertilized soil from 1 to 6 weeks after transplanting.

Amaranth	Treatments	Plant height (cm)
		1 WAT	2 WAT	3 WAT	4 WAT	5 WAT	6 WAT
A. hybridus	Control	9.70^a	16.53^a	29.36^ab	42.96^a	53.00^b	64.96^b
	PM	11.00^a	24.66^a	38.30^a	53.73^a	65.73^ab	79.13^b
	NPK	7.60^a	9.80^a	24.03^b	58.90^a	79.93^b	108.50^a
A. cruentus	Control	7.30^a	16.66^a	34.30^a	46.03^b	59.36^a	74.43^b
	PM	9.20^a	5.83^b	37.70^a	55.00^ab	70.33^a	86.83^ab
	NPK	7.90^a	10.30^b	39.33^a	65.23^a	77.60^a	100.66^a
A. deflexus	Control	5.93^a	10.13^a	29.43^a	61.20^a	89.20^a	106.00^a
	PM	4.93^b	5.96^b	21.16^b	49.93^a	73.26^a	110.03^a
	NPK	6.00^a	10.36^a	23.70^ab	51.16^a	67.26^a	84.66^b

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