Table 3.
Treatment (T) | Application rate (AR) | First harvest | Second harvest | ||||||
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PH (cm) | LN | LA (cm2) | FW (g) | PH (cm) | LN | LA (cm2) | FW (g) | ||
Control | No | 10.37 ± 0.28g | 12.65 ± 0.19e | 127.67 ± 2.52d | 6.53 ± 0.21i | 8.65 ± 0.13g | 8.14 ± 0.13d | 91.00 ± 3.61f | 4.84 ± 0.06de |
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FWC | 5 | 12.19 ± 0.19e | 13.67 ± 0.42d | 147.33 ± 7.02c | 8.18 ± 0.20e | 9.16 ± 0.03d | 9.19 ± 0.61d | 118.33 ± 3.06d | 5.14 ± 0.04d |
10 | 14.49 ± 0.99c | 15.55 ± 0.17c | 181.00 ± 6.56b | 10.06 ± 0.17c | 10.35 ± 0.12c | 11.97 ± 0.30c | 129.00 ± 3.61b | 6.80 ± 0.19c | |
15 | 19.37 ± 0.62a | 22.78 ± 2.32a | 221.33 ± 4.04a | 12.90 ± 0.56a | 12.45 ± 0.21a | 14.45 ± 0.70a | 143.67 ± 9.61a | 8.46 ± 0.23a | |
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LYC | 5 | 11.73 ± 0.38f | 12.76 ± 0.45e | 142.33 ± 2.52c | 7.25 ± 0.13f | 8.58 ± 0.12e | 8.92 ± 0.39d | 112.00 ± 2.00e | 5.02 ± 0.11d |
10 | 13.62 ± 0.28d | 13.88 ± 0.25d | 164.67 ± 5.03bc | 9.33 ± 0.14d | 10.14 ± 0.16c | 11.35 ± 0.31c | 122.00 ± 2.00c | 6.17 ± 0.17c | |
15 | 17.23 ± 0.43b | 16.84 ± 0.13b | 195.00 ± 12.12b | 11.80 ± 0.32b | 11.58 ± 0.14b | 13.47 ± 0.42a | 138.33 ± 6.51a | 7.47 ± 0.37b | |
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T | ∗∗∗ | ∗∗∗ | ∗∗∗ | ∗∗∗ | ∗∗∗ | ∗ | ∗ | ∗∗∗ | |
AR | ∗∗∗ | ∗∗∗ | ∗∗∗ | ∗∗∗ | ∗∗∗ | ∗∗∗ | ∗∗∗ | ∗∗∗ | |
Tx AR | ∗ | ∗∗∗ | ∗ | Ns | ∗ | Ns | Ns | ∗∗ |
FWC = food waste compost; LYC = leaf and yard compost. Values followed by similar letters under the same column are not significantly different. ∗∗∗p < 0.001. ∗∗p < 0.01. ∗p < 0.05.