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 | 30.25a | 50.75a | 1.04a | 18.62a | 2.45a | 3.30a | 1.88a | 7.85a |
10 g/pot | 91.67a (−8.3) | 25.25b (−16.5) | 40.38b (−20.4) | 0.91a (−13.2) | 11.49b (−38.3) | 1.88b (−23.1) | 2.38b (−28) | 0.98b (−48) | 7.70a (−1.9) |
50 g/pot | 83.33a (−9.1) | 20.63c (−31.8) | 40.50b (−20.2) | 0.75b (−28.3) | 7.89bc (−57.6) | 1.02c (−58.4) | 1.63bc (−50.8) | 0.65c (−65.3) | 7.50ab (−4.5) |
100 g/pot | 83.33a (−9.1) | 15.63d (−48.3) | 29.25c (−42.3) | 0.64b (−38.8) | 4.62cd (−75.2) | 0.69cd (−71.7) | 0.98cd (−70.5) | 0.45cd (−76) | 7.45ab (−5.1) |
150 g/pot | 66.67ab (−27.3) | 9.98e (−67) | 16.33d (−67.8) | 0.46c (−56.4) | 1.45d (−92.2) | 0.25e (−89.8) | 0.33d (−90.2) | 0.22de (−88.3) | 7.40ab (−5.7) |
200 g/pot | 41.67b (−54.5) | 7.25e (−76) | 12 d (−76.4) | 0.35c (−66.7) | 0.78d (−95.8) | 0.22de (−91.2) | 0.13d (−96.2) | 0.07e (−96.1) | 7.23b (−7.9) |
LSD @ p ≤ 0.05 | 29.18 | 4.39 | 8.08 | 0.14 | 4.57 | 0.46 | 0.86 | 0.29 | 0.45 |