Treatments

TDS, %

Vitamin C, mg/100g⁻¹

Dry matter, %

1^st

2^nd

1^st

2^nd

1^st

2^nd

Compost soil addition

Vermicompost (0.5 ton·fed⁻¹)

7.71a

7.83a

34.79a

34.99a

9.55a

9.74a

Plant compost (5.0 ton·fed⁻¹)

7.46b

7.59b

34.06b

34.21b

9.34b

9.50b

Control (without addition)

7.01c

7.10c

32.16c

32.31c

8.81c

8.95c

LSD at 5%

0.05

0.12

0.18

0.03

0.14

0.02

Gypsium soil addition

Check treatment

7.22b

7.33b

33.05b

33.17b

9.03b

9.19b

Gypsium (GR)

7.56a

7.68a

34.29a

34.50a

9.43a

9.60a

LSD at 5%

0.10

0.09

0.18

0.18

0.09

0.01

Cobalt foliar application

Check treatment

7.35b

7.46a

33.45b

33.63b

9.17b

9.33b

Cobalt (10.0 mg Co L⁻¹)

7.44a

7.55a

33.89a

34.04a

9.30a

9.46a

LSD at 5%

0.05

n.s

0.17

0.07

0.07

0.01

Interaction

Vermicompost

Check treatment

Check treatment

7.42ef

7.53c-f

33.86d

33.94f

9.27ef

9.47f

Cobalt

7.53de

7.64b-e

34.27c

34.38e

9.37de

9.56e

Gypsium

Check treatment

7.87b

8.00ab

35.14b

35.60b

9.71ab

9.90b

Cobalt

8.02a

8.14a

35.87a

36.04a

9.83a

10.02a

Plant compost

Check treatment

Check treatment

7.19gh

7.31efg

33.12ef

33.31h

9.06gh

9.20h

Cobalt

7.30fg

7.41d-g

33.46de

33.58g

9.17fg

9.33g

Gypsium

Check treatment

7.63cd

7.76a-d

34.59c

34.70d

9.51cd

9.70d

Cobalt

7.71c

7.87abc

35.07b

35.22c

9.63bc

9.77c

Control (without addition)

Check treatment

Check treatment

6.94j

7.03g

31.63h

31.71l

8.55k

8.67l

Cobalt

6.97j

7.06g

31.94h

32.12k

8.79j

8.92k

Gypsium

Check treatment

7.02ij

7.12fg

32.35g

32.50j

8.89ij

9.03j

Cobalt

7.11hi

7.20fg

32.73fg

32.90i

8.99hi

9.16i

LSD at 5%

0.12

0.42

0.41

0.17

0.16

0.02