Table 3.

The biomass weight of different maize organs grown with different treatments (dry mass weight, g). Root dry weight is only collected in the plough layer soil, the stem weight includes the above ground stem and the underground stem. All values are mean ± SD (n = 3).

Organ	C0	C1	C2	C3	H0	H1	H2	H3
Root	8.31 ± 0.28	8.57 ± 0.20	8.34 ± 0.30	8.43 ± 0.13	7.62 ± 0.19	7.73 ± 0.17	7.58 ± 0.22	7.72 ± 0.09
Stem	78.09 ± 2.85	77.14 ± 3.41	77.85 ± 3.77	78.10 ± 1.54	71.94 ± 1.54	70.63 ± 0.58	71.80 ± 0.30	70.92 ± 2.09
Lamina	20.58 ± 2.53	20.42 ± 1.19	20.57 ± 1.72	20.14 ± 0.05	18.95 ± 1.21	19.08 ± 2.93	18.79 ± 2.70	18.47 ± 1.21
Sheath	10.28 ± 0.98	10.22 ± 1.15	10.29 ± 2.60	10.08 ± 0.24	9.64 ± 1.00	9.80 ± 1.17	9.41 ± 1.77	9.23 ± 0.72
Seeds	15.65 ± 0.97	15.40 ± 1.86	15.48 ± 1.71	15.08 ± 2.63	14.38 ± 1.52	14.16 ± 0.72	14.30 ± 1.56	14.20 ± 0.95