Treatments Recommend NPKS fertilizers with soil amendments | Soil pH (1:5 with H2O) | EC (dS/m) | OM (%) | T-N (%) | Av-P (ppm) | Av. S (ppm) | Exchangeable cations (meq./100 g) | Water soluble Fe (mg/kg) | Water soluble (mg/kg) | Na+/K+ | Na+/Ca2+ | ||
Ca | K | Na | |||||||||||
T1: (No NPKS, No amendments) | 7.8 | 7.6 | 1.6 | 0.11 | 29.8 | 14.6 | 1.9 | 0.61 | 4.9 | 0.95 | 21.5 | 8.03 | 2.57 |
T2: NPKS (100% + No amendments | 7.7 | 7.5 | 1.9 | 0.41 | 31.6 | 20.5 | 2.5 | 1.45 | 4.7 | 1.6 | 25.6 | 3.24 | 1.88 |
T3: NPKS (75%) + Trichocompost | 7.6 | 6.7 | 2.5 | 0.49 | 33.5 | 23.6 | 3.3 | 1.87 | 4.3 | 2.5 | 30.5 | 3.0 | 1.30 |
T4: NPKS (75%) + Tea waste compost | 7.2 | 6.5 | 2.3 | 0.55 | 35.6 | 28.3 | 3.5 | 1.70 | 4.4 | 3.30 | 41.7 | 2.58 | 1.23 |
T5: NPKS (75%) + Azolla compost | 7.7 | 6.6 | 2.7 | 0.63 | 36.5 | 27.6 | 3.7 | 2.25 | 4.7 | 3.15 | 39.8 | 2.0 | 1.27 |
T6: NPKS (75%) + Phosphogypsum (PG) | 7.3 | 6.3 | 2.0 | 0.48 | 35.6 | 29.5 | 4.5 | 1.89 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 45.6 | 2.16 | 0.91 |
T7: NPKS (75%) + Trichocompost + Proline | 7.5 | 6.2 | 2.6 | 0.57 | 37.5 | 25.7 | 3.6 | 2.17 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 37.3 | 2.07 | 1.25 |
T8 NPKS (75%) + Tea wastecompost + Proline | 7.1 | 6.1 | 2.5 | 0.59 | 36.7 | 30.6 | 3.8 | 2.10 | 4.3 | 3.35 | 45.7 | 2.05 | 1.13 |
T9 NPKS (75% + Azolla compost + Proline | 7.5 | 6.3 | 2.8 | 0.68 | 38.6 | 29.8 | 3.9 | 2.36 | 4.6 | 3.45 | 43.6 | 1.95 | 1.18 |
T10 NPKS (75%) + PG + Proline | 7.2 | 6.2 | 2.2 | 0.57 | 36.9 | 31.3 | 4.8 | 1.95 | 4.0 | 3.30 | 49.5 | 2.05 | 0.83 |
LSD0.05 | 0.25 | 0.10 | 0.30 | 0.12 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.25 | 0.20 | 0.15 | 4.5 | 0.20 | 0.25 |
Level of significance | NS | * | * | * | * | ** | ** | ** | * | ** | *** | ** | ** |