. 2023 Nov 20;14:1295722. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1295722

Table 3.

Effects of different fertilizer treatments on agronomic characters, quality and yield of cotton.

Parameters	Treatments
Parameters	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5
Plant height	63.57 ± 12.28^a	60.93 ± 8.04^a	66.00 ± 9.46^a	67.07 ± 10.97^a	66.40 ± 6.49^a
Number of blades	12.87 ± 1.46^b	13.07 ± 1.80^a	14.00 ± 1.65^a	14.07 ± 1.28^a	13.93 ± 1.91^a
Stem diameter	9.14 ± 0.88^a	8.91 ± 1.11^b	9.65 ± 1.33a	9.71 ± 1.15^a	9.87 ± 1.51^a
SPAD	51.0 ± 9.64a	54.39 ± 12.09^a	49.81 ± 11.95^a	50.95 ± 14.44^a	53.78 ± 14.22^a
Boll number per plant	5.55 ± 1.35^b	9.89 ± 0.70^a	9.33 ± 0.67^a	10.45 ± 3.24^a	10.11 ± 2.37^a
Boll weight	5.42 ± 0.27^a	5.77 ± 0.20^a	5.68 ± 0.11^a	5.80 ± 0.18^a	5.70 ± 0.35^a
Lint percent	44.64 ± 0.38^a	44.39 ± 0.54^a	44.11 ± 0.16^a	44.52 ± 0.43^a	44.12 ± 0.53^a
Raw cotton yield	309.47 ± 3.30^d	427.68 ± 8.83^c	418.43 ± 5.44^c	450.2 ± .83^b	479.43 ± 9.48^a

Values indicate mean ± SE (n = 3). Different superscript letters in the columns represent significant differences among fertilizer treatments according to one-way ANOVA (Duncan’s test, p < 0.05). The abbreviations T1, T2, T3, T4, and T5 are as defined in the footnote to Table 1.