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

Table 5

Stem girths of three Amaranthus species grown in fertilized and unfertilized from 1 to 6 weeks after transplanting.

Amaranth	Treatments	Stem girth (mm)
		1 WAT	2 WAT	3 WAT	4 WAT	5 WAT	6 WAT
A. hybridus	Control	2.06^a	5.15^ab	7.50^a	10.63^b	12.74^b	13.67^b
	PM	2.27^a	7.49^a	9.84^a	11.70^b	12.46^b	13.21^b
	NPK	1.66^a	2.35^b	8.77^a	17.40^a	22.27^a	25.36^a
A. cruentus	Control	1.91^a	5.66^a	7.06^a	8.71^b	10.19^b	11.01^b
	PM	2.65^a	3.63^b	8.50^a	9.67^b	11.75^b	13.38^b
	NPK	1.76^a	4.98^a	10.78^a	17.33^a	23.36^a	27.38^a
A. deflexus	Control	2.21^a	5.66^a	7.39^a	9.14^b	9.71^b	10.54^b
	PM	1.56^b	3.63^b	7.09^a	10.07^ab	10.77^ab	11.35^ab
	NPK	2.23^a	4.98^a	8.09^a	10.75^a	11.56^a	12.00^a

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