| Treatments | Application (AVG) | Leaf no plant−1 | Leaf length (cm) | Shoot dry weight g∙pot−1 | SPAD |
| Control | B | 5.10 ± 0.03 d | 12.07 ± 0.60 c | 2.71 ± 0.14 e | 32.50 ± 0.9 e |
| B + F |
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| CF | B | 8.45 ± 0.24 ab | 23.34 ± 1.22 ab | 10.85 ± 1.10 ab | 50.65 ± 1.3 a |
| B + F |
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| SLF1 | B | 7.51 ± 0.24 c | 22.31 ± 0.71 b | 8.02 ± 0.83 d | 45.22 ± 0.9 d |
| B + F |
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| SLF2 | B | 8.39 ± 0.26 ab | 24.14 ± 0.53 a | 10.27 ± 0.97 bc | 47.22 ± 1.1 bc |
| B + F |
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| SLF3 | B | 8.04 ± 0.35 b | 22.82 ± 0.71 ab | 9.49 ± 0.44 c | 46.18 ± 1.0 cd |
| B + F |
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| SLF4 | B | 8.77 ± 0.24 a | 22.87 ± 0.77 ab | 11.65 ± 0.48 a | 48.92 ± 1.1 b |
| B + F |
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| Source of variance |
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| Treatments | 0.49** | 1.43** | 1.53** | 1.89** | |
| Application method | ns | ns | ns | 0.73** | |
| Interaction (T × A) | ns | ns | ns | ns | |
| CV% | 3.57 | 3.75 | 9.17 | 2.34 | |