Table 1 Nitrogen use efficiency of red cabbage as influenced by bio-priming and fertilisation.
Treatments | N use efficiency | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Agronomic efficiency (kg kg−1) | Physiological efficiency (kg kg−1) | Apparent recovery efficiency (%) | Partial factor productivity (kg kg−1) | |||||
2016–2017 | 2017–2018 | 2016–20 | 2017–2018 | 2016–2017 | 2017–2018 | 2016–2017 | 2017–2018 | |
T1: Absolute control N:P2O5:K2O @ 0:0:0 kg ha−1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
T2: RDF of N:P2O5:K2O @ 120:60:60 kg ha−1 | 9.48c | 11.07c | 28.59 | 33.21 | 32.73b | 33.21d | 13.97c | 14.05c |
T3: 75% RDF + Trichoderma harzianum | 12.06bc | 15.02abc | 32.33 | 34.57 | 37.38b | 43.39bc | 18.06bc | 18.99ab |
T4: 75% RDF + Pseudomonas fluorescens | 13.09abc | 15.80ab | 31.98 | 36.53 | 41.09b | 43.49bc | 19.08ab | 19.77ab |
T5: 75% RDF + Bacillus subtilis | 11.45bc | 14.55bc | 33.74 | 37.49 | 34.03b | 38.83 cd | 17.44bc | 18.52b |
T6: 75% RDF + T. harzianum + P. fluorescens | 17.44a | 19.38a | 32.02 | 34.48 | 54.10a | 55.99a | 23.44a | 23.34a |
T7: 75% RDF + P. fluorescens + B. subtilis | 15.44ab | 17.52ab | 34.06 | 39.27 | 40.10b | 44.57bc | 21.44ab | 21.49ab |
T8: 75% RDF + T. harzianum + B. subtilis | 13.69abc | 16.70ab | 30.96 | 34.75 | 36.76b | 48.01b | 19.68ab | 20.67ab |
T9: 75% RDF + T. harzianum + P. fluorescens + B. subtilis | 10.96bc | 13.97bc | 32.58 | 35.89 | 33.83b | 38.33 cd | 16.95bc | 17.94bc |
