Plant property

P-value

TSP

ECST

CPST

DAP

UC

Overall mean

VDM (Mg·ha⁻¹)

0.66

22.3

21.2

20.9

26.9

22.0

22.7

VDM concentration

N (%)

0.43

0.79

0.69

0.92

0.73

0.79

0.78

P (%)

0.03^‡

0.11^† BC

0.13 A-C

0.15 AB

0.08 C

0.18 A

-

K (%)

0.54

1.28

1.58

1.63

1.24

1.51

1.45

Mg (%)

0.27

0.39

0.38

0.40

0.43

0.35

0.39

Zn (mg·kg⁻¹)

0.18

84.3

65.5

68.4

76.2

74.3

73.7

VDM uptake

N (kg·ha⁻¹)

0.08

172

143

185

195

172

173

P (kg·ha⁻¹)

0.15

22.5

26.9

30.6

21.8

39.9

28.3

K (kg·ha⁻¹)

0.31

279

322

320

334

327

316

Mg (kg·ha⁻¹)

0.46

87.4

80.6

82.3

115.6

77.0

88.6

Zn (kg·ha⁻¹)

0.35

1.9

1.4

1.5

2.0

1.6

1.7

Root DM (mg·ha⁻¹)

0.88

4.8

5.3

6.3

7.2

5.3

5.8

Root concentration

N (%)

0.80

0.80

0.76

0.85

0.71

0.79

0.78

P (%)

0.81

0.11

0.11

0.11

0.10

0.11

0.11

K (%)

0.10

0.15

0.25

0.19

0.11

0.25

0.19

Mg (%)

0.01

0.10 B

0.13 A

0.13 A

0.11 B

0.13 A

-

Zn (mg·kg⁻¹)

0.91

65.0

61.4

60.4

66.2

68.8

64.4

Root uptake

N (kg·ha⁻¹)

0.81

37.9

38.9

50.6

50.8

41.9

44.0

P (kg·ha⁻¹)

0.95

5.5

6.1

6.8

7.4

5.8

6.3

K (kg·ha⁻¹)

0.48

6.7

12.3

10.6

8.5

13.0

10.2

Mg (kg·ha⁻¹)

0.77

4.8

7.1

8.3

7.7

7.0

7.0

Zn (kg·ha⁻¹)

0.92

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.4

0.4

Grain yield (mg·ha⁻¹)

0.03

8.0 AB

6.8 A-C

6.0 BC

11.2 A

4.0 C

-

Grain concentration

N (%)

< 0.01

1.5 B

1.4 C

1.6 A

1.5 B

1.6 AB

-

P (%)

0.15

0.49

0.52

0.53

0.49

0.52

0.51

K (%)

0.68

0.58

0.60

0.58

0.57

0.59

0.58

Mg (%)

0.24

0.21

0.22

0.23

0.21

0.22

0.22

Zn (mg·kg⁻¹)

0.09

48.2

50.4

55.8

49.3

61.8

53.1

Grain uptake

N (kg·ha⁻¹)

0.03

120.5 AB

98.0 BC

96.5 BC

170.9 A

62.7 C

-

P (kg·ha⁻¹)

0.04

39.2 A

35.8 AB

31.3 AB

54.2 A

20.8 B

-

K (kg·ha⁻¹)

0.04

46.0 AB

40.9 A-C

35.0 BC

63.4 A

23.7 C

-

Mg (kg·ha⁻¹)

0.04

16.9 A

15.1 AB

13.4 AB

23.1 A

8.9 B

-

Zn (kg·ha⁻¹)

0.14

0.4

0.3

0.3

0.5

0.2

0.3