Improvement of Nutrient Uptake, Yield of Black Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.), and Alluvial Soil Fertility in Dyke by Spent Rice Straw from Mushroom Cultivation as Biofertilizer Containing Potent Strains of Rhodopseudomonas palustris

Table 2

Effects of different levels of a mixture of four strains of Rhodopseudomonas palustris in spent rice straw and chemical fertilizer on sesame growth in dyked alluvial soil under the greenhouse condition.

Factor	Plant height (cm)	Number of leaves (leaf)	Length of leaf (cm)	Width of leaf (cm)	Number of branches (branch)	Chl a^β(μg·Chl·mL^−1)	Chl b^β(μg·Chl·mL^−1)	Chl total^β(μg·Chl·mL^−1)	SPAD index
Biofertilizer level (A) (t·ha^−1)
0	63.4^d	21.9^b	9.18	4.59	4.96^c	10.1	2.57	12.7	41.5
3	67.0^b	24.2^a	9.49	4.71	5.79^a	9.83	2.51	12.3	38.8
4	68.3^a	24.7^a	10.0	5.09	5.47^ab	10.5	2.70	13.2	39.0
5	65.7^c	24.3^a	9.17	4.49	5.25^bc	10.1	3.46	13.5	39.9
Nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer level (B) (%)
100	68.6^a	25.5^a	10.1	5.22^a	5.47	10.9^a	2.78	13.7^a	41.9^a
75	66.2^b	24.0^b	9.50	4.64^bc	5.41	10.7^a	3.18	13.9^a	41.8^a
50	63.5^c	21.8^c	8.77	4.30^c	5.23	8.78^b	2.47	11.2^b	35.8^b
Significant differences
(A)			ns	ns		ns	ns	ns	ns
(B)			ns		ns		ns
(AB)		ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
C.V. (%)	1.49	4.72	16.3	18.7	10.5	14.6	19.4	15.9	12.8

In a column, the different superscripts indicate significant differences at 5% (, ) and without a superscript indicates no significant difference according to Duncan’s post hoc test at 5% level. Values are means of four replications. ^βThe fresh sample was used.