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

Table 7

Proximate composition of three species of Amaranthus grown in control and fertilized soils (PM and NPK).

Species	Treatment	% Protein	% Ash	% Crude fibre	% Lipid	% Carbohydrate	% Moisture
A. hybridus	Control	15.23±0.51^b	8.63±0.21^b	16.17±0.59^b	4.40±0.10^b	7.87±0.06^b	47.70±0.17^a
	PM	16.03±0.21^a	11.17±0.15^a	14.67±0.12^c	4.30±0.26^b	10.37±0.25^a	43.47±0.15^c
	NPK	16.47±0.25^a	6.93±0.15^c	17.10±0.20^a	5.77±0.15^a	8.20±0.17^b	45.53±0.06^b
A. cruentus	Control	8.07±0.15^c	7.23±0.15^c	6.40±0.10^c	4.73±0.21^c	9.77±0.06^a	63.80±0.10^a
	PM	8.47±0.31^b	10.97±0.12^a	7.17±0.06^a	5.07±0.15^b	9.00±0.36^b	59.33±0.15^b
	NPK	9.37±0.06^a	9.80±0.10^b	6.77±0.06^b	6.43±0.06^a	8.47±0.15^c	59.17±0.15^b
A. deflexus	Control	8.37±0.15^c	6.97±0.21^c	5.47±0.15^c	4.80±0.10^c	10.47±0.21^a	63.93±0.15^a
	PM	8.67±0.15^b	8.30±0.10^a	6.47±0.15^b	6.97±0.15^a	10.20±0.10^a	59.40±0.10^b
	NPK	9.33±0.12^a	7.30±0.10^b	8.07±0.15^a	6.46±0.15^b	9.50±0.10^b	59.33±0.25^b

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