Treatments | Total N | AB-DTPA Extractable | ||||
P | Zn | Cu | Fe | Mn | ||
(mg·pot−1) | ||||||
Control (No fertilizers) | 104.1 e* | 1.4 f* | 0.053 g* | 0.072 f* | 0.32 g* | 0.63g* |
N, P and K as basal dose | 228.6 a | 4.9 a | 0.077 f | 0.18e | 1.56 f | 1.64 f |
Zn, Cu, Fe, Mn at recommended levels | 191.0 b | 2.9 cd | 0.134 bc | 0.19 d | 1.97 e | 2.58 cd |
Zn, Cu, Fe, Mn at double of recommended levels | 186.9 bc | 3.1 c | 0.149 b | 0.28 b | 2.56 b | 3.48 b |
Zn, Cu, Fe, Mn at triple of recommended levels | 209.4 ab | 4.1 b | 0.241 a | 0.31 a | 2.91 a | 3.98 a |
AMF inoculation | 164.6 cd | 2.9 d | 0.084 ef | 0.14 e | 1.82 e | 1.85 ef |
Zn, Cu, Fe, Mn at recommended levels + Mycorrhiza | 147.8 d | 1.8 e | 0.118 cd | 0.26 b | 2.19 d | 2.48 d |
Zn, Cu, Fe, Mn at double of recommended levels + Mycorrhiza | 150.5 d | 2.6 cd | 0.104 de | 0.23 c | 2.34 cd | 2.82 c |
Zn, Cu, Fe, Mn at triple of recommended levels + Mycorrhiza | 165.8 cd | 2.9 d | 0.133 bc | 0.27 b | 2.50 bc | 2.05 e |
LSD (P ≤ 0.05) | 23.725 | 0.3845 | 8.051E-03 | 0.0491 | 0.0997 | 0.1018 |