Table 2 Nutrient uptake of King grass kg ha−1 year−1.

From: Nutritional quality, nutrient uptake and biomass production of Pennisetum purpureum cv. King grass

Treatment

N

P

K

Ca

Mg

Na

Cu

Zn

Mn

Fe

B

kg ha−1 year−1

T1

1253.3b

172.7c

1221.2d

252.9d

141.9c

53.0c

1.1c

4.2c

7.1c

6.1c

8.5b

T2

1305.6b

200.4b

1594.5c

325.6c

175.3cb

74.3b

1.5b

5.3b

9.1b

8.0ba

10.4b

T3

1720.3a

247.9a

2317.7a

433.8a

247.9a

112.8a

2.0a

6.9a

13.1a

9.3a

13.1a

T4

1203.5b

184.4cb

1982.7b

354.8b

207.5b

98.0a

1.8ba

5.6b

9.1b

7.5b

10.5b

T5

355.4d

45.4e

362.9f

107.2g

49.5e

17.9d

0.5d

1.5e

2.7e

2.3e

3.1d

T6

426.3dc

65.9ed

511.9fe

149.7fg

65.9ed

21.7d

0.6d

2.1ed

3.4ed

3.4ed

4.3dc

T7

534.6c

76.5d

676.2e

181.1fe

88.6d

32.6d

0.7d

2.7d

4.4ed

4.0d

4.9dc

T8

512.2c

73.6d

687.9e

190.3e

86.5d

35.9dc

0.7d

2.7d

4.6d

3.8d

5.4c

CV

9.71

12.04

10.90

20.15

17.0

26.00

15.79

11.25

15.30

15.12

16.11

  1. CV coefficient of variation.
  2. Measures in columns followed by different letters are significantly different (P < 0.05), based on Duncan's multi-range test.