| Season | Manure rate | Experiment one |
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| Experiment two |
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| Plant height (cm) | No. of leaves | Cum. number of flower buds | Cum. number of opened flowers |
| Plant height (cm) | No. of leaves | Cum. number of flower buds | Cum. number of opened flowers | ||||
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| 16† |
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| 40† |
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| First | 0 t/ha PM | 22.8g | 58.3ef | 4.0 (ns) | 1.0 (ns) |
| 32.3e | 100.0e | 7.3d | 4.7 (ns) | ||
| First | 5 t/ha PM | 30.2e | 82.5d | 10.0 (ns) | 2.0 (ns) |
| 41.8d | 121.0d | 8.5d | 4.7 (ns) | ||
| First | 10 t/ha PM | 27.4f | 69.8e | 6.2 (ns) | 1.0 (ns) |
| 35.1e | 115.7d | 9.8d | 4.7 (ns) | ||
| First | 20 t/ha PM | 28.4ef | 81.5d | 10.0 (ns) | 1.5 (ns) |
| 38.9d | 116.5d | 9.7d | 3.3 (ns) | ||
| Second | 0 t/ha PM | 90.0c | 126.3c | 11.3 (ns) | 5.8 (ns) |
| 140.5b | 185.0c | 60.8d | 30.5 (ns) | ||
| Second | 5 t/ha PM | 93.6b | 149.8b | 38.3 (ns) | 16.8 (ns) |
| 192.2a | 259.5a | 193.1a | 48.7 (ns) | ||
| Second | 10 t/ha PM | 97.8a | 179.0a | 34.3 (ns) | 8.3 (ns) |
| 143.3b | 236.5b | 149.3b | 39.3 (ns) | ||
| Second | 20 t/ha PM | 38.6d | 47.8f | 15.0 (ns) | 7.5 (ns) |
| 83.5c | 96.3e | 73.0c | 30.4 (ns) | ||