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/plantLeaf area (cm2)Number of grains/cobWeight of cob (g)Weight of 1000 grains (g)
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Control0118.8e127.5e10.1d9.2c451.1j557.4g434.3g240.1g153.8e94.8i324.0e259.6g
4166.8d131.1d11.5bc11.4b677.6i652.3f476.9ef354.6f160.2cd124.9h343.1d278.8f
8198.2c143.1cd11.9bc11.4b751.4h675.8ef499.4ef409.53164.6cd132.9f358.9cd328.9e

1200192.0c146.7cd12.1bc11.2b802.1g735.1d456.8fg488.8c159.1cd134.4f357.3cd327.3e
4198.6c136.5d12.4ab11.0b843.6fg774.2d473.7ef439.7d168.5cd147.2e365.1bc359.1d
8202.4bc153.8bc12.5ab11.2b884.9ef874.6bc525.6d488.2c177.5bc149.8e369.4bc364.4d

90 + 300210.8bc151.2bc12.2ab12.2a841.1fg804.5c527.8d522.3b175.1bc161.8d359.8cd359.8d
4214.1b155.2bc12.6ab11.8b931.6de863.5bc559.1cd548.4b186.8ab175.8cd369.0bc360.0d
8220.5b159.9b12.7ab11.2b979.4cd880.7bc620.4cd505.4b189.9b177.3c374.1b374.1c

60 + 30+300218.0b154.0bc12.7ab12.5a1006.0c804.5c660.8bc600.0b197.1a190.8ab357.3cd359.3b
4223.6ab164.8ab12.8a12.4a1120.1b929.1ab702.8ab614.0ab198.4a194.1ab404.5a404.5a
8230.2a170.3a13.1a12.0a1185.2a986.0a712.3a654.8a205.6a204.8a416.6a416.6a

Values followed by similar letters under the same column are not significantly different at according to Duncan’s multiple range test.