Research Article
Effects of Different Rates of Poultry Manure and Split Applications of Urea Fertilizer on Soil Chemical Properties, Growth, and Yield of Maize
Table 3
Effects of poultry manure and split urea fertilizer on growth and yield of maize.
| Split urea fertilizer (kg ha-1) | Poultry manure rate (t ha-1) | Plant height (cm) | Number of leaves/plant | Leaf area (cm2) | Number of grains/cob | Weight of cob (g) | Weight of 1000 grains (g) | Site I | Site II | Site I | SiteII | Site I | Site II | Site I | Site II | Site I | Site II | Site I | Site II |
| Control | 0 | 118.8e | 127.5e | 10.1d | 9.2c | 451.1j | 557.4g | 434.3g | 240.1g | 153.8e | 94.8i | 324.0e | 259.6g | 4 | 166.8d | 131.1d | 11.5bc | 11.4b | 677.6i | 652.3f | 476.9ef | 354.6f | 160.2cd | 124.9h | 343.1d | 278.8f | 8 | 198.2c | 143.1cd | 11.9bc | 11.4b | 751.4h | 675.8ef | 499.4ef | 409.53 | 164.6cd | 132.9f | 358.9cd | 328.9e |
| 120 | 0 | 192.0c | 146.7cd | 12.1bc | 11.2b | 802.1g | 735.1d | 456.8fg | 488.8c | 159.1cd | 134.4f | 357.3cd | 327.3e | 4 | 198.6c | 136.5d | 12.4ab | 11.0b | 843.6fg | 774.2d | 473.7ef | 439.7d | 168.5cd | 147.2e | 365.1bc | 359.1d | 8 | 202.4bc | 153.8bc | 12.5ab | 11.2b | 884.9ef | 874.6bc | 525.6d | 488.2c | 177.5bc | 149.8e | 369.4bc | 364.4d |
| 90 + 30 | 0 | 210.8bc | 151.2bc | 12.2ab | 12.2a | 841.1fg | 804.5c | 527.8d | 522.3b | 175.1bc | 161.8d | 359.8cd | 359.8d | 4 | 214.1b | 155.2bc | 12.6ab | 11.8b | 931.6de | 863.5bc | 559.1cd | 548.4b | 186.8ab | 175.8cd | 369.0bc | 360.0d | 8 | 220.5b | 159.9b | 12.7ab | 11.2b | 979.4cd | 880.7bc | 620.4cd | 505.4b | 189.9b | 177.3c | 374.1b | 374.1c |
| 60 + 30+30 | 0 | 218.0b | 154.0bc | 12.7ab | 12.5a | 1006.0c | 804.5c | 660.8bc | 600.0b | 197.1a | 190.8ab | 357.3cd | 359.3b | 4 | 223.6ab | 164.8ab | 12.8a | 12.4a | 1120.1b | 929.1ab | 702.8ab | 614.0ab | 198.4a | 194.1ab | 404.5a | 404.5a | 8 | 230.2a | 170.3a | 13.1a | 12.0a | 1185.2a | 986.0a | 712.3a | 654.8a | 205.6a | 204.8a | 416.6a | 416.6a |
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Values followed by similar letters under the same column are not significantly different at according to Duncan’s multiple range test. |