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 5

Effects of different levels of a mixture of four strains of Rhodopseudomonas palustris in spent rice straw and chemical fertilizer on yield components and yield of sesame grown in dyked alluvial soil under the greenhouse condition.

Factor	Yield components									Yield (g·pot^−1)
	Length of capsule (cm)	Diameter of capsule (cm)	Number of capsules plant^−1(fruit)	Number of fulfil capsules plant^−1(fruit)	Percentage of fulfil capsules plant^−1(%)	Number of seeds capsule^−1(seed)	Number of fulfil seeds capsule^−1(seed)	Percentage of fulfil seeds capsule^−1(%)	Weight of 1,000 seeds (g)
Biofertilizer level (A) (t·ha^−1)
0	2.40^c	1.08	12.6^c	11.9^c	96.1	119.0^b	112.2^c	94.4^b	2.44	10.3^c
3	2.45^bc	1.10	15.3^b	14.8^b	96.2	124.6^ab	118.3^b	95.0^b	2.47	12.3^b
4	2.56^a	1.12	16.7^a	15.6^a	94.4	124.1^ab	123.9^a	99.7^a	2.44	14.5^a
5	2.53^ab	1.15	17.1^a	15.9^a	93.4	125.7^a	123.1^a	97.8^a	2.44	14.3^a
Nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer level (B) (%)
100	2.66^a	1.19^a	18.2^a	17.4^a	95.8	127.6^a	126.8^a	99.3^a	2.47	15.9^a
75	2.44^b	1.10^b	15.0^b	13.8^b	93.2	128.6^a	123.8^b	96.3^b	2.45	12.1^b
50	2.35^c	1.05^b	13.0^c	12.5^c	96.2	113.9^b	107.6^c	94.7^b	2.42	10.5^c
Significant differences
(A)		ns			ns	ns			ns
(B)					ns				ns
(AB)	ns	ns		ns	ns			ns	ns
C.V. (%)	3.82	6.36	6.02	7.33	5.09	5.33	2.50	4.14	3.61	4.57

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.