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Table 4 Effect of nitrogenous fertilizers and effective microorganisms on plant fresh weight, plant dry weight and dry leaves yield of Stevia rebaudiana during two growing seasons

From: Exogenously applied nitrogenous fertilizers and effective microorganisms improve plant growth of stevia (Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni) and soil fertility

Growing season

Treatments

Plant fresh weight (g)

Plant dry weight (g)

Dry leaves yield (Kg ha−1)

EM (−)

EM (+)

Mean (NFs)

EM (−)

EM ( +)

Mean (NFs)

EM (−)

EM ( +)

Mean (NFs)

2018

Control

44.25e

56.85d

50.55c

10.86d

12.45d

11.65c

330.88d

337.62d

334.25c

Ch-N

96.88c

104.56b

100.72b

25.64c

28.68b

27.16b

735.64c

776.08bc

755.86b

Org-N

114.59a

119.86a

117.22a

29.9b

32.96a

31.43a

825.18ab

893.98a

859.58a

Mean (EM)

85.24b

93.75a

 

22.13b

24.69a

 

630.57a

669.23a

 

LSD Interaction (P ≤ 0.05)

5.75

 

2.22

 

79.79

 

2019

Control

60.13e

68.99d

64.56c

12.42d

14.62d

13.52c

355.41c

392.81c

374.11c

Ch-N

110.96c

113.51c

112.23b

36.4c

40.58b

38.49b

1018.3b

1101.33b

1059.81b

Org-N

129.05b

145.96a

137.51a

39.42bc

45.38a

42.4a

1063.37b

1221.19a

1142.28a

Mean (EM)

100.05b

109.49a

 

29.41b

33.52a

 

812.36b

905.11a

 

LSD Interaction (P ≤ 0.05)

3.415

 

3.43

 

86.88

 
  1. The values shown in table are means of two cuttings having four replicates. EM Effective microorganisms (biofertilizer), Ch-N Chemical-N form, Org-N Organic-N form, Means followed by the same letters are non-significantly different (p ≤ 0.05)