| Treatment | Days to 50% tasselling | Days to 50% silking | Stem girth plant−1 at 10 WAS (cm) | Number of leaves plant−1 at 10 WAS | Chlorophyll content plant−1 at 10 WAS | |||||
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 1 | Year 2 | |
| Control (No fertilizer) | 52.25 | 57.50 | 55.3 | 62.25 | 17.5 | 11.7 | 9.5 | 9.8 | 22.88 | 14.35 |
| Full OFA | 51.75 | 57.00 | 55.0 | 60.50 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 11.8 | 11.1 | 33.90 | 26.83 |
| Full NPK | 51.50 | 50.25 | 54.5 | 54.25 | 17.8 | 29.8 | 13.7 | 12.0 | 48.73 | 38.80 |
| ½ OFA + ½ NPK | 51.25 | 51.00 | 54.3 | 54.75 | 17.8 | 27.7 | 13.9 | 13.7 | 46.35 | 45.73 |
| Full OFA + ½ NPK | 52.50 | 51.00 | 55.0 | 54.75 | 21.1 | 26.1 | 15.5 | 13.1 | 58.17 | 36.92 |
| Grand mean | 52.6 | 56.1 | 26.6 | 12.4 | 37.3 | |||||
| LSD | 3.031 | 3.007 | 8.69 | 1.21 | 5.54 | |||||
| CV% | 4.0 | 3.7 | 28.9 | 6.7 | 10.2 | |||||