2010 PLANTING SEASON

2011 PLANTING SEASON

Compost types

Number of leaves

Plant height (cm)

Number of tillers

Leaf area index

Number of leaves

Plant height (cm)

Number of tillers

Leaf area index

Control

18.25

90.58

7.17

14.60

3.78

39.06

0.62

3.18

CDMC

22.83

93.48

9.23

38.32

4.61

45.83

1.23

6.67

PDMC

23.47

94.90

7.66

30.80

3.62

38.67

0.72

3.69

LSD (P ≤ 0.05)

4.28

6.40

1.50

16.20

1.10

6.57

0.44

2.47

Rice cultivars

NERICA I

22.65

92.57

8.15

34.84

3.53

32.90

0.62

3.28

NERICA II

21.67

93.66

8.10

23.84

3.43

39.71

0.70

3.63

OFADA

26.63

96.35

9.08

45.00

5.38

55.66

1.62

8.63

LSD (P ≤ 0.05)

5.25

7.84

1.83

19.84

1.34

8.04

0.54

3.03

Interaction

NERICA 1

20.13

76.92

6.50

20.27

2.67

26.68

0.00

4.12

Control

NERICA 11

16.50

85.17

6.08

10.32

2.83

29.68

0.03

3.38

OFADA

17.92

90.23

6.42

15.53

3.83

40.57

0.19

3.13

NERICA 1

21.93

92.52

9.50

28.92

4.47

35.20

0.93

4.93

CDMC

NERICA 11

22.40

90.10

8.23

27.63

3.07

45.05

0.67

3.66

OFADA

27.17

97.83

9.97

58.41

6.30

57.25

2.10

11.41

PDMC

NERICA 1

23.37

92.61

6.80

40.76

2.60

30.60

0.30

1.64

NERICA 11

20.93

97.23

7.97

20.04

3.80

34.36

0.73

3.60

OFADA

26.10

94.87

8.20

31.59

4.47

54.04

1.13

5.85

LSD (P ≤ 0.05)

7.43

11.09

2.59

28.03b

1.90

11.38

0.76

4.28