Table 6 Nutrient use efficiency as affected by different sources of fertilizers.
Treatments | PFP-K | PFP-S | AE-K | AE-S | RE-K | RE-S | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022–2023 | 2023–2024 | 2022–2023 | 2023–2024 | 2022–2023 | 2023–2024 | 2022–2023 | 2023–2024 | 2022–2023 | 2023–2024 | 2022–2023 | 2023–2024 | ||||
Onion | |||||||||||||||
100% K alone (No S) | 1087.9 | 937.5 | – | – | − 17.1 | 1.7 | – | – | 8.9 | 5.6 | – | – | |||
100% S alone (No K) | – | – | 1657.5 | 1403.8 | – | – | 25.6 | − 2.5 | – | – | 43.3 | 6.6 | |||
100% K (MOP) and S (BS) | 1165.0 | 977.1 | 1747.5 | 1465.6 | 60.0 | 41.3 | 90.0 | 61.9 | 11.9 | 8.1 | 34.9 | 4.0 | |||
75% S (POLY4) | 3167.0 | 2679.5 | 2322.5 | 1965.0 | 153.4 | 127.3 | 146.7 | 90.0 | 20.6 | -15.2 | 39.5 | 1.3 | |||
100% S (POLY4) | 2018.9 | 1706.1 | 1867.5 | 1578.1 | 227.0 | 188.5 | 235.6 | 171.9 | -1.9 | 7.6 | 50.1 | 9.3 | |||
150% S (POLY4) | 1621.6 | 1340.9 | 1189.2 | 983.3 | 114.8 | 64.8 | 101.3 | 45.8 | 50.5 | 18.1 | 34.8 | 7.5 | |||
75% S (POLY4) + K (MOP) | 1138.3 | 1001.3 | 2276.7 | 2002.5 | 33.3 | 65.4 | 100.8 | 127.5 | 41.4 | 0.0 | 50.3 | 0.8 | |||
100% S (POLY4) + K (MOP) | 1238.3 | 1015.8 | 1857.5 | 1523.8 | 133.3 | 80.0 | 225.6 | 117.5 | 27.5 | 35.8 | 49.0 | 19.6 | |||
150% S (POLY4) + K (MOP) | 1163.8 | 914.2 | 1163.8 | 914.2 | 58.8 | − 21.7 | 75.8 | − 23.3 | 38.4 | 4.6 | 38.6 | 13.3 | |||
Garlic | |||||||||||||||
100% K alone (No S) | 220.9 | 205.5 | – | – | 20.6 | − 5.7 | – | − | 4.0 | − 14.6 | – | – | |||
100% S alone (No K) | – | – | 250.4 | 263.9 | – | – | − 25.8 | 7.1 | – | – | 3.4 | 5.4 | |||
100% K (MOP) and S (BS) | 228.6 | 222.5 | 285.7 | 278.1 | 28.3 | 11.3 | 9.6 | 21.3 | 1.6 | − 12.4 | 4.6 | 4.5 | |||
75% S (POLY4) | 533.3 | 473.0 | 391.1 | 346.8 | 78.1 | − 6.9 | 22.9 | 4.4 | − 1.4 | − 66.8 | 27.3 | − 1.9 | |||
100% S (POLY4) | 309.5 | 301.9 | 286.3 | 279.3 | 38.9 | 16.6 | 10.2 | 22.4 | 11.6 | 4.6 | − 3.9 | 6.3 | |||
150% S (POLY4) | 260.2 | 253.8 | 190.8 | 186.1 | 32.6 | 13.9 | 6.8 | 14.9 | 22.7 | − 3.6 | 37.5 | 4.7 | |||
75% S (POLY4) + K (MOP) | 228.5 | 224.0 | 380.8 | 373.3 | 28.2 | 12.9 | 12.6 | 30.9 | − 15.8 | − 11.8 | 0.0 | 4.9 | |||
100% S (POLY4) + K (MOP) | 227.5 | 237.7 | 284.3 | 297.1 | 27.2 | 26.6 | 8.2 | 40.3 | 16.4 | − 11.4 | 52.6 | 5.4 | |||
150% S (POLY4) + K (MOP) | 235.6 | 230.8 | 196.3 | 192.3 | 35.3 | 19.6 | 12.2 | 21.1 | 18.8 | 1.8 | 32.5 | 5.5 | |||
