Impact of Addition of FGDB as a Soil Amendment on Physical and Chemical Properties of an Alkali Soil and Crop Yield of Maize in Northern China Coastal Plain
Table 9
Effect of FGDB on germination percentage, plant height, and crop yield during two cropping years.
Germination percentage (%)
Plant height (cm)
Crop yield (kg·hm−2)
2011
2012
2011
2012
2011
2012
T0
56.34 ± 1.89c
60.23 ± 1.45c
105.26 ± 1.56c
108.31 ± 1.47c
827.65 ± 32.76c
1050.15 ± 44.82d
T1
62.35 ± 1.09b
69.97 ± 1.78b
119.70 ± 3.41b
124.21 ± 2.96b
1018.22 ± 43.13b
1574.17 ± 53.56b
T2
64.87 ± 2.15b
71.11 ± 1.33b
124.51 ± 2.94b
129.45 ± 2.57b
1113.47 ± 42.10a
1584.47 ± 25.16b
T3
79.02 ± 3.07a
91.25 ± 2.27a
138.52 ± 1.30a
154.52 ± 1.30d
1195.56 ± 36.47a
1678.06 ± 32.28a
T4
77.50 ± 2.89a
88.32 ± 2.56a
135.89 ± 2.24a
143.78 ± 2.14a
1097.36 ± 53.28b
1446.98 ± 40.72c
Letters denote statistically significant differences across treatments ().