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 | 100a | 26.13a | 46.25a | 0.91a | 10.9a | 2.45a | 2.55a | 1.88a | 8.03a |
10 g/pot | 100a | 20.25b (−22.5) | 38.75a (−16.2) | 0.75a (−17.8) | 7.34ab (−32.8) | 1.09b (−55.3) | 1.55b (−39.2) | 0.72b (−61.5) | 7.85ab (−2.2) |
50 g/pot | 91.67a (−8.3) | 15.88b (−39.2) | 25.50b (−44.9) | 0.53b (−41.9) | 4.83bc (−55.8) | 0.68bc (−72.2) | 0.88c (−65.7) | 0.38c (−79.6) | 7.80ab (−2.8) |
100 g/pot | 66.67b (−33.3) | 10.35c (−60.4) | 16.88bc (−63.5) | 0.42bc (−54.5) | 1.42c (−87.1) | 0.17cd (−93.1) | 0.18d (−93.1) | 0.13cd (−93.2) | 7.63b (−4.9) |
150 g/pot | 50.00bc (−50) | 6.75cd (−74.2) | 10.38c (−77.6) | 0.33bc (−64.1) | 0.71c (−93.5) | 0.13d (−94.7) | 0.11d (−95.7) | 0.06d (−96.9) | 7.50b (-6.5) |
200 g/pot | 33.33c (−66.7) | 5.20d (−80.1) | 12.38c (−73.2) | 0.21c (−76.9) | 0.52c (−95.2) | 0.07d (−97.1) | 0.04d (−98.3) | 0.04d (−97.9) | 7.10c (−11.5) |
LSD @ p ≤ 0.05 | 22.60 | 5.08 | 12.64 | 0.22 | 4.38 | 0.51 | 0.66 | 0.27 | 0.39 |