Nursery fertilizer

Tiller number^B

per hill

Leaf number^B

per hill

Transplant mortality^A (%)

Shoot dry matter^B (g/hill)

4

WAS

6

WAS

9

WAS

4

WAS

6

WAS

9

WAS

4

WAS

6

WAS

9

WAS

4

WAS

6

WAS

9

WAS

Without additional NPK with drained water

NF0

7.0

7.4

2.9

30

31

11

8.1

3.9

0.2

4.25

4.99

2.50

NF1

7.3

7.2

3.4

32

31

13

5.0

0.7

0.1

6.16

6.03

3.41

NF2

6.7

7.6

3.1

31

27

10

0.9

0.3

0.1

6.90

6.35

3.49

Mean

7.0

7.4

3.1

31

30

11

4.7

1.6

0.1

5.77

5.79

3.13

With additional NPK (60-40-30) with drained water

NF0

8.2

8.8

4.0

37

37

14

7.5

1.7

0.1

8.84

8.21

3.46

NF1

8.2

8.6

3.5

37

38

13

3.4

0.4

0.1

11.14

9.34

4.33

NF2

7.4

8.7

3.2

33

37

11

0.8

0.1

0.1

11.87

10.09

5.88

Mean

7.9

8.7

3.6

36

37

13

3.9

0.7

0.1

10.62

9.21

4.56

Without additional NPK with adequate water supply

NF0

6.3

7.4

3.5

26

31

13

8.2

1.2

0.1

6.45

5.09

3.35

NF1

6.8

6.8

3.5

31

30

12

2.0

0.3

0.1

7.37

5.91

3.77

NF2

7.0

7.6

3.1

32

31

10

0.7

0.2

0.1

8.81

6.78

4.91

Mean

6.7

7.3

3.4

30

31

12

3.6

0.6

0.1

7.54

5.93

4.01

With additional NPK (60-40-30) with adequate water supply

NF0

8.9

8.0

3.6

36

34

13

7.9

1.3

0.3

9.30

7.57

3.78

NF1

8.2

8.8

4.3

36

38

13

2.9

0.5

0.1

10.63

7.81

4.62

NF2

7.1

9.1

3.7

32

35

12

0.7

0.2

0.1

12.78

12.97

5.65

Mean

8.1

8.6

3.9

35

36

13

3.8

0.7

0.2

10.90

9.45

4.68

LSD:^C

Nursery fertilizer (N)

ns

ns

0.05^**

0.10^**

Age of seedling (A)

0.4^**

1.89^**

0.05^**

0.10^**

Main field fertilizer (F)

0.3^**

1.89^**

0.02^**

0.08^**

Water regime (W)

ns

ns

0.02^**

0.08^**

N × A

ns

ns

0.26^**

0.18^**

N × F

ns

ns

0.21^**

0.14^**

N × W

ns

ns

0.21^**

0.14^**

A × F

ns

2.68^*

0.21^**

0.14^**

A × W

ns

ns

0.21^**

0.14^**

F × W

ns

ns

0.17^**

0.11^**

CV (%)

15

18

22

3.7