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

0.14^c

0.15^c

0.86^b

0.45^b

0.47^b

0.76

4.24^b

1.57^c

0.12^b

7.67^b

5.75^c

9,4^c

3

0.17^b

0.16^c

0.94^a

0.52^a

0.48^b

0.76

4.84^a

1.79^b

0.15^a

8.68^a

6.62^b

11,4^b

4

0.16^b

0.19^b

0.92^a

0.52^a

0.55^a

0.75

4.77^a

1.74^b

0.15^a

8.84^a

6.95^a

13,3^a

5

0.19^a

0.21^a

0.92^a

0.55^a

0.51^ab

0.74

4.98^a

2.44^a

0.16^a

9.10^a

6.82^ab

13,2^a

Nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer level (B) (%)

100

0.17^a

0.19^a

0.96^a

0.51

0.51

0.76^a

4.55

1.96^a

0.15

10.2^a

7.71^a

14,7^a

75

0.15^b

0.17^b

0.90^b

0.51

0.49

0.76^a

4.85

1.93^a

0.14

8.5^b

6.28^b

11,1^b

50

0.17^a

0.16^c

0.86^b

0.52

0.51

0.74^b

4.72

1.77^b

0.14

7.0^c

5.62^c

9,73^c

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.