Organic Amendments: Direct Application and Residual Effects on Vegetative and Reproductive Growth of Hot Pepper

Table 1

Interaction effect of organic amendment and application effect on hot pepper plant height, leaf number, branch number, biomass weight, fruit number, and yield.

Organic amendment	Application effect	Plant height (cm)	Leaf number	Branch number	Biomass weight (g)	Fruit number	Yield (ton/ha)
AMB	Direct	45.60 ± 1.08^f	126.00 ± 6.56^h	19.30 ± 2.52^g	221.30 ± 7.51^e	123.68 ± 5.69^fg	6.053 ± 0.28^g
AMC	Direct	31.77 ± 1.36^ij	57.32 ± 4.16^kl	9.04 ± 1.01^ijk	129.31 ± 7.50^j	47.00 ± 6.00^mn	1.31 ± 0.06^lm
CDV	Direct	60.57 ± 1.15^c	313.33 ± 27.57^d	35.96 ± 1.97^c	256.67 ± 9.29^c	164.68 ± 11.37^c	16.67 ± 1.19^c
CFV	Direct	69.07 ± 1.65^a	499.29 ± 50.64^a	45.02 ± 3.04^a	312.00 ± 5.57^a	222.31 ± 9.29^a	26.21 ± 1.20^a
CPB	Direct	55.50 ± 0.70^d	242.33 ± 14.01^f	29.00 ± 1.03^de	282.33 ± 15.50^b	144.79 ± 8.89^de	11.31 ± 0.73^e
CPC	Direct	40.87 ± 1.36^g	88.30 ± 12.50^ij	15.05 ± 1.07^h	177.00 ± 8.54^gh	102.00 ± 13.53^hi	4.08 ± 0.11^ij
CFV_CDV	Direct	64.47 ± 0.65^b	410.02 ± 18.73^b	41.06 ± 3.11^b	294.32 ± 6.50^b	189.28 ± 12.49^b	21.56 ± 2.57^b
CPB_AMB	Direct	51.53 ± 0.60^e	156.08 ± 12.53^g	24.98 ± 1.10^f	238.68 ± 8.62^d	134.70 ± 8.14^ef	7.68 ± 0.35^f
CPC_AMC	Direct	34.97 ± 0.70^hi	70.65 ± 3.51^jk	10.89 ± 0.91^ij	152.67 ± 6.66^i	75.88 ± 6.24^kl	2.49 ± 0.41^kl
Control	Direct	23.27 ± 1.38^m	28.64 ± 2.52^mn	5.32 ± 1.53^l	93.34 ± 5.13^k	32.67 ± 4.73^o	0.70 ± 0.13^m
AMB	Residual	35.21 ± 3.56^h	93.68 ± 6.65^ij	11.68 ± 1.53^i	150.66 ± 11.68^i	87.66 ± 11.50^jk	4.48 ± 0.57^hi
AMC	Residual	26.98 ± 1.54^l	39.67 ± 1.53^lmn	7.05 ± 0.93^kl	96.29 ± 10.21^k	34.07 ± 4.58^no	1.00 ± 0.12^m
CDV	Residual	48.82 ± 3.37^ef	228.69 ± 28.38^f	22.88 ± 2.65^f	180.33 ± 1.53^g	133.67 ± 6.65^ef	12.37 ± 0.59^e
CFV	Residual	56.48 ± 3.21^d	361.28 ± 14.22^c	32.00 ± 3.61^d	221.67 ± 6.51^e	157.98 ± 10.54^cd	15.59 ± 0.68^cd
CPB	Residual	46.37 ± 1.89^f	165.67 ± 8.02^g	17.66 ± 2.52^gh	197.29 ± 12.74^f	114.28 + 6.51^gh	7.39 ± 0.60^f
CPC	Residual	31.11 ± 2.33^jk	55.36 ± 4.51^klm	10.30 ± 1.50^ij	118.02 ± 7.94^j	73.03 ± 4.58^l	3.00 ± 0.30^jk
CFV_CDV	Residual	51.31 ± 3.22^e	274.97 ± 6.56^e	28.33 ± 2.08^e	212.28 ± 4.93^e	144.65 ± 6.11^de	14.44 ± 0.88^d
CPB_AMB	Residual	40.91 ± 1.28^g	111.27 ± 11.24^hi	15.00 ± 1.99^h	163.00 ± 16.64^hi	98.68 ± 11.24^ij	5.57 ± 0.28^gh
CPC_AMC	Residual	28.39 ± 1.84^kl	48.33 ± 4.04^klm	8.02 ± 1.00^jkl	103.00 ± 5.29^k	53.69 ± 4.50^m	1.87 ± 0.15^klm
Control	Residual	20.82 ± 2.14^m	20.03 ± 2.65^n	5.04 ± 0.96^l	68.67 ± 2.52^l	24.30 ± 3.51^o	0.56 ± 0.07^m
Mean		43.20	169.55	19.68	183.45	107.97	8.22
CV		4.58	9.87	10.03	4.84	7.74	9.77
LSD		3.26	27.60	3.26	14.65	13.80	1.33
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Means within a column followed by the same letter(s) are not significantly different at the 5% LSD test.