Table 2. Effect of different nutrient sources and weed management practices on plant growth, yield attributes, and yield.

Treatment	Plant height (cm) at 90 DAT	Biomass (g·m-2) at 90 DAT	LAI at 90 DAT	CGR (g·m-2day-1) at 60–90 DAT	Panicles m-2	Panicle weight (g)	Grain yield (t·ha-1)
Year
Year 1	106b	891a	2.37a	15.3a	379a	2.44a	5.14a
Year 2	108a	913a	2.43a	15.4a	392a	2.55a	5.19a
Nutrient management
Fert100	107a	871b	2.41a	14.8a	365b	2.18b	4.84b
Fert75-VC25	106a	886b	2.4a	15.3a	371ab	2.49a	5.16ab
Fert75-FYM25	107a	899ab	2.42a	15.6a	380ab	2.63a	5.21ab
Fert75-BSM25	109a	953a	2.36a	16.4a	410a	2.59a	5.55a
Fert75-NC25	107a	899ab	2.42a	14.6a	401ab	2.58a	5.13ab
Weed management
Weedy	104c	806c	2.22b	13.7c	342b	2.22c	4.51c
Herbicide	108b	916b	2.49a	15.2b	399a	2.53b	5.23b
Integrated	110a	989a	2.5a	17.2a	415a	2.74a	5.77a
Source of variation
Year	**	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
NM	ns	**	ns	ns	*	***	*
WM	***	***	***	***	***	***	***
Year × NM	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
Year × WM	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
NM × WM	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
Year × NM × WM	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns

NM, nutrient management; WM, weed management; N, nitrogen; P, phosphorus; K, potassium; VC, vermicompost; FYM, farmyard manure; BSM, brassicaceous seed meal; NC, neem cake; Fert₁₀₀, full dose of N,P and K through fertilizer; Fert₇₅-VC₂₅, 75% of N and 100% of P and K through fertilizer with 25% N through VC; Fert₇₅-FYM₂₅, 75% of N and 100% of P and K through fertilizer with 25% N through FYM; Fert₇₅-BSM₂₅, 75% of N and 100% of P and K through fertilizer with 25% N through BSM; Fert₇₅-NC₂₅, 75% of N and 100% of P and K through fertilizer with 25% N through NC; Weedy, no weeding; Herbicide, bispyribac-sodium 25 g/ha at 15 DAT fbmetsulfuron methyl + chlorimuron ethyl (2+2) g/ha at 30 DAT; Integrated, bensulfuron methyl + pretilachlor (60+600) g/ha at 5 DAT fb MW at 30 DAT; DAT, Days after transplanting; Within year, nutrient and weed management, numbers followed by different letter indicate significant differences at p≤0.05 (otherwise statistically at par); ns, non-significant (p> 0.05)

*, ** and *** indicate significant at p< 0.05, 0.01 and 0.001, respectively.