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 |