Treatments

Plant height

Spike length

Grain per spike

Thousand grain weight

_____(cm)_____

No

(g)

Control (No fertilizers)

78.0e*

7.4e*

39.3e*

33.0f*

N & K fertilizers

81.1d

8.4d

43.3de

37.9e

N, P & K fertilizers

95.7ab

10.1b

56.7b

48.3ab

Compost

87.5c

9.0cd

47.4d

40.7d

N, P & K + S @ 20 kg∙ha⁻¹

95.8ab

10.3b

56.7b

48.6ab

Compost + S @ 10 kg∙ha⁻¹

89.3c

9.2c

52.3c

43.2c

Compost + S @ 20 kg∙ha⁻¹

98.3a

11.2a

61.0a

50.2a

Compost + S @ 30 kg∙ha⁻¹

93.6b

9.9b

54.7bc

46.8b

LSD P ≤ 0.05

3.0

0.62

4.108

2.40