| Fertilizer applicationx | Tiller number (TN) | Stalk length (SL) | Stalk diameter (SD) |
| per∙m2 | cm | ||
| NF | 10.98 | 49.91 a | 1.49 a |
| 0 P | 11.17 | 149.00 b | 1.86 b |
| 0.5 P | 10.70 | 163.54 b | 1.89 b |
| 1 P | 10.18 | 201.54 c | 1.87 b |
| Mean | 10.76 | 141.00 | 1.78 |
| LSD0.05 | NSy | 47.56 | 0.17 |