Season

Species

Manure rate

Experiment one

Experiment two

Plant height (cm)

Number of leaves

Cum. No. of opened flowers

Plant height (cm)

Number of leaves

Cum. No. of opened flowers

16

40

First

Immaculate

0 t/ha PM

22.6h

76.3 (ns)

1.0 (ns)

32.9j

117.7e

4.3 (ns)

First

Immaculate

5 t/ha PM

30.0g

59.0 (ns)

1.0 (ns)

37.9i

96.0f

2.3 (ns)

First

Immaculate

10 t/ha PM

22.4h

55.0 (ns)

0.3 (ns)

33.5j

91.0f

4.3 (ns)

First

Immaculate

20 t/ha PM

29.6g

76.7 (ns)

1.0 (ns)

40.0i

110.0e

2.7 (ns)

First

P.H. Baby

0 t/ha PM

22.9h

40.3 (ns)

1.0 (ns)

31.6j

82.3f

5.0 (ns)

First

P.H. Baby

5 t/ha PM

30.3fg

106.0 (ns)

3.0 (ns)

45.7h

146.0d

7.0 (ns)

First

P.H. Baby

10 t/ha PM

32.3fg

84.7 (ns)

1.7 (ns)

36.8i

140.3d

5.0 (ns)

First

P.H. Baby

20 t/ha PM

27.3g

86.3 (ns)

2.0 (ns)

37.9i

123.0e

4.0 (ns)

Second

Immaculate

0 t/ha PM

124.5b

207.5 (ns)

11.0 (ns)

193.0b

259.7b

47.0 (ns)

Second

Immaculate

5 t/ha PM

130.0a

195.0 (ns)

9.3 (ns)

230.0a

312.7a

28.3 (ns)

Second

Immaculate

10 t/ha PM

127.0a

266.0 (ns)

0.0 (ns)

183.3c

323.3a

43.7 (ns)

Second

Immaculate

20 t/ha PM

35.8f

41.5 (ns)

8.5 (ns)

79.9g

80.3f

34.5 (ns)

Second

P.H. Baby

0 t/ha PM

55.5d

45.0 (ns)

0.5 (ns)

88.0f

110.3e

14.0 (ns)

Second

P.H. Baby

5 t/ha PM

57.2d

104.6 (ns)

24.3 (ns)

135.5d

206.3c

69.0 (ns)

Second

P.H. Baby

10 t/ha PM

68.5c

92.0 (ns)

16.5 (ns)

103.3e

149.7d

35.0 (ns)

Second

P.H. Baby

20 t/ha PM

41.5e

54.0 (ns)

6.5 (ns)

87.0f

112.3e

26.3 (ns)