Improvement of Nutrient Uptake, Yield of Black Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.), and Alluvial Soil Fertility in Dyke by Spent Rice Straw from Mushroom Cultivation as Biofertilizer Containing Potent Strains of Rhodopseudomonas palustris
Table 3
Effects of different levels of a mixture of four strains of Rhodopseudomonas palustris in spent rice straw and chemical fertilizer on nutrient concentration in parts of sesame grown in dyked alluvial soil under the greenhouse condition.
Factor
Nitrogen concentration
Phosphorus concentration
Potassium concentration
Biomass
(% DW)
(g·pot−1)
Stem and leaf
Shell
Seed
Stem and leaf
Shell
Seed
Stem and leaf
Shell
Seed
Stem and leaf
Shell
Seed
Biofertilizer level (A) (t·ha−1)
0
0.14c
0.15c
0.86b
0.45b
0.47b
0.76
4.24b
1.57c
0.12b
7.67b
5.75c
9,4c
3
0.17b
0.16c
0.94a
0.52a
0.48b
0.76
4.84a
1.79b
0.15a
8.68a
6.62b
11,4b
4
0.16b
0.19b
0.92a
0.52a
0.55a
0.75
4.77a
1.74b
0.15a
8.84a
6.95a
13,3a
5
0.19a
0.21a
0.92a
0.55a
0.51ab
0.74
4.98a
2.44a
0.16a
9.10a
6.82ab
13,2a
Nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer level (B) (%)
100
0.17a
0.19a
0.96a
0.51
0.51
0.76a
4.55
1.96a
0.15
10.2a
7.71a
14,7a
75
0.15b
0.17b
0.90b
0.51
0.49
0.76a
4.85
1.93a
0.14
8.5b
6.28b
11,1b
50
0.17a
0.16c
0.86b
0.52
0.51
0.74b
4.72
1.77b
0.14
7.0c
5.62c
9,73c
Significant differences
(A)
ns
(B)
ns
ns
ns
ns
(AB)
ns
ns
ns
ns
ns
C.V. (%)
9.24
7.86
6.35
12.4
10.9
4.19
23.6
4.87
3.74
6.75
5.64
4.54
In a column, the different superscripts indicate significant differences at 5% (,) and without a superscript indicates no significant difference according to Duncan’s post hoc test at 5% level. Values are means of four replications.