Treatments

Germination

(%)

Shoot

length

(cm)

Root length (cm)

Collar diameter (cm)

Shoot fresh weight (g)

Root fresh weight (g)

Shoot dry weight (g)

Root dry weight (g)

Soil

reaction

(pH)

Control

91.67a

16.10a

17.00a

0.41a

3.61a

0.19a

1.00a

0.13a

8.08a

10 g/pot

41.67b

(−54.5)

9.98b

(−38)

10.50b

(−38.2)

0.35a

(−14.5)

1.25b

(−65.4)

0.10b

(−48.1)

0.46b

(−54.5)

0.07b

(−48.8)

7.75b

(−4)

50 g/pot

33.33b

(−63.6)

8.50b

(−47.2)

9.25bc

(−45.6)

0.34a

(−18.8)

0.96b

(−73.5)

0.07bc (−66.2)

0.29bc (−71.5)

0.05bc

(−65)

7.63bc

(−5.6)

100 g/pot

33.33b

(−63.6)

6.38bc

(−60.4)

6.88bc

(−59.6)

0.20b

(−51.5)

0.38b

(−89.5)

0.03cd (−82.3)

0.23bc (−77.3)

0.01c

(−91.3)

7.53bc

(−6.8)

150 g/pot

33.33b

(−63.6)

4.25cd

(−73.6)

5.88bc

(−65.4)

0.13bc

(−68.8)

0.19b

(−94.7)

0.02cd (−88.8)

0.16bc (−84.5)

0.01c

(−94.4)

7.45bc

(−7.7)

200 g/pot

33.33b

(−63.6)

2.15d

(−86.6)

3.75c

(−77.9)

0.06c

(−85.2)

0.11b

(−97)

0.012d (−95.3)

0.09c

(−90.1)

0.01c

(−95)

7.38c

(−8.7)

LSD @ p ≤ 0.05

14.29

4.17

6.43

0.12

1.82

0.05

0.33

0.05

0.30