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

Table 6

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

Amaranth	Treatments	Number of branches
		1 WAT	2 WAT	3 WAT	4 WAT	5 WAT	6 WAT
A. hybridus	Control	0	0	0^b	5^b	8^b	11^b
	PM	0	0	0^b	8^b	12^b	16^b
	NPK	0	0	11^a	20^a	23^a	26^a
A. cruentus	Control	0	0	4^b	9^c	13^b	16^b
	PM	0	0	10^a	16^b	19^b	19^b
	NPK	0	0	14^a	23^a	29^a	32^a
A. deflexus	Control	0	7^b	17^b	28^a	30^a	31^a
	PM	0	5^b	18^ab	25^a	28^a	30^a
	NPK	0	10^a	20^a	28^a	34^a	38^a

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