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Table 3

Comparison of safflower characteristic under different fertilizer levels in second year.

Fertilizer treatments Chlorophyll index LAI Plant height (cm) Number of lateral stems Number of capitula per plant
Control 34.9±3.25c 1.75±0.15b 56±3.17b 7.93±0.9ab 5.53±0.77cd
100% UR 48.06±1.91ab 2.4±0.16a 74.93±3.14a 5.27±0.37d 6±0.31bcd
NPK 34.34±1.99c 2.09±0.15ab 67.8±2.4ab 4.67±0.24d 8.42±0.58a
PSB+100% UR 50.67±2a 2.12±0.18ab 73.2±6.91a 7.1±0.44bc 7.33±0.44ab
PSB+50% UR 43.8±4.22b 1.81±0.03b 70.2±1.62a 8.67±0.55a 7.21±0.78abc
PSB+NPK 33.2±0.73c 2.25±0.06a 68.87±6.12ab 5.6±0.87cd 4.8±0.46d
LSD=0.05 6.78 0.40 13.51 1.54 1.72
Fertilizer treatments Capitulum weight per plant (g) Number of seeds per capitulum 1000-Seed weight (g) Biological yield (g/m2) Seed yield (g/m2) Oil content (%) Oil yield (g/m2)
Control 17.75±1.3c 24.99±2.18b 20.8±0.44d 300.33±36.34c 163.9±12.72d 22.87±1.46c 37.69±4.54b
100% UR 24.95±2.04b 34.44±0.8a 29.82±0.87a 381.52±22.45bc 213.85±22.98cd 32.5±0.67ab 69.2±5.98a
NPK 24.81±1.61b 31.85±3.73ab 28.4±0.04abc 482.01±55.91ab 233.08±23.36bc 32.4±0.81ab 75.89±9.47a
PSB+100% UR 28.52±0.99ab 34.71±2.57a 27.01±0.93bc 564.36±37.14a 278.96±8.16ab 27.43±2.42bc 76.90±9.04a
PSB+50% UR 29.26±0.39a 35.5±1.71a 26.55±1.16c 556.67±28.64a 212.33±12.17cd 37.7±1.61a 80.33±7.45a
PSB+NPK 26.94±1.44ab 36.7±1.79a 28.89±0.7ab 499.45±38.19ab 290.78±6.19a 31.5±2.48b 91.65±7.92a
LSD=0.05 4.21 7.33 2.27 117.95 52.94 5.85 26.02

UR (Urea); PSB (PhosphoBARVAR-2).

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