Treatments | Plant height, (cm) | Chlorophyll, SPAD | Carotene, mg·g−1 | Leaf area, cm2 | ||||||
1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | |||
Compost soil addition | ||||||||||
Vermicompost (0.5 ton·fed−1) | 35.76a | 36.86a | 44.50a | 44.98a | 0.585a | 0.596a | 650.83a | 659.33a | ||
Plant compost (5.0 ton·fed−1) | 33.89b | 34.99b | 43.86b | 44.43b | 0.563b | 0.572b | 637.92b | 646.17b | ||
Control (without addition) | 29.18c | 30.10c | 42.21c | 42.73c | 0.512c | 0.521c | 605.92c | 614.25c | ||
LSD at 5% | 0.36 | 0.53 | 0.03 | 0.10 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 1.49 | 1.36 | ||
Gypsium soil addition | ||||||||||
Check treatment | 31.37b | 32.34b | 43.02b | 43.54b | 0.537b | 0.546b | 620.89b | 628.78b | ||
Gypsium (GR) | 34.52a | 35.63a | 44.03a | 44.55a | 0.570a | 0.580a | 642.22a | 651.06a | ||
LSD at 5% | 0.24 | 0.32 | 0.16 | 0.12 | 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.51 | 0.49 | ||
Cobalt foliar application | ||||||||||
Check treatment | 32.48b | 33.48b | 43.36b | 43.87b | 0.548b | 0.558b | 627.67b | 635.83b | ||
Cobalt (10.0 mg Co L−1) | 33.41a | 34.49a | 43.68a | 44.23a | 0.558a | 0.568a | 635.44a | 644.00a | ||
LSD at 5% | 0.35 | 0.26 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.44 | 0.45 | ||
Interaction | ||||||||||
Vermicompost | Check treatment | Check treatment | 33.44e | 34.51f | 43.80cd | 44.28cd | 0.559f | 0.571f | 634.00f | 644.00f |
Cobalt | 34.31d | 35.37e | 43.94c | 44.35cd | 0.570e | 0.580e | 641.33e | 649.33e | ||
Gypsium | Check treatment | 37.18b | 38.30b | 45.06ab | 45.59ab | 0.600b | 0.612b | 659.00b | 668.00b | |
Cobalt | 38.10a | 39.27a | 45.19a | 45.71a | 0.611a | 0.623a | 669.00a | 676.00a | ||
Plant compost | Check treatment | Check treatment | 31.60g | 32.44h | 43.22e | 43.77e | 0.538h | 0.547h | 622.00h | 628.00h |
Cobalt | 32.53f | 33.76g | 43.47de | 44.13d | 0.546g | 0.557g | 629.33g | 636.33g | ||
Gypsium | Check treatment | 35.30c | 36.51d | 43.94c | 44.47c | 0.580d | 0.591d | 646.33d | 655.33d | |
Cobalt | 36.14c | 37.23c | 44.81b | 45.36b | 0.587c | 0.594c | 654.00c | 665.00c | ||
Control (without addition) | Check treatment | Check treatment | 27.61k | 28.36l | 41.66h | 42.17i | 0.498l | 0.503l | 596.33l | 603.33l |
Cobalt | 28.73j | 29.57k | 42.02g | 42.55h | 0.509k | 0.520k | 602.33k | 611.67k | ||
Gypsium | Check treatment | 29.72i | 30.77j | 42.50f | 42.92g | 0.516j | 0.526j | 608.33j | 616.33j | |
Cobalt | 30.65h | 31.72i | 42.66f | 43.28f | 0.526i | 0.536i | 616.67i | 625.67i | ||
LSD at 5% | 0.86 | 0.63 | 0.35 | 0.32 | 0.002 | 0.002 | 1.07 | 1.11 |