Table 4 Changes in growth parameters in presence of different treatments.

From: Exploring the utility of different bulking agents for speeding up the composting process of household kitchen waste

Treatments

Plant height (cm)

No of Leaves

Fresh wt. of Shoot (g)

Fresh wt. of Root (g)

C1

15.55 ± 0.07b

20 ± 0.70a

4.7 ± 0.07b

0.99 ± 0.02b

C2

16.70 ± 0.14a

20 ± 1.41a

4.8 ± 0.07a

1.21 ± 0.21a

C3

15.45 ± 0.07b

18 ± 0.70c

4.6 ± 0.14c

0.98 ± 0.04b

C4

15.54 ± 0.01b

19 ± 0.70b

4.6 ± 0.14c

0.98 ± 0.01b

C5

14.35 ± 0.07c

17 ± 1.41d

4.3 ± 0.28e

0.91 ± 0.05d

C6

14.5 ± 0.14c

18 ± 0.70e

4.5 ± 0.07d

0.92 ± 0.07c

C

10.15 ± 0.21d

12 ± 0.70f

2.6 ± 0.14f

0.86 ± 0.01e

  1. C1 = kitchen waste + fallen leaves (5–10 mm), C2 = Kitchen waste + fallen leaves (1–3 mm), C3 = Kitchen waste + saw dust (5–10 mm), C4 = Kitchen waste + saw dust (1–3 mm), C5 = Kitchen waste + fly ash (5–10 mm), C6 = Kitchen waste + fly ash (1–3 mm). All the values are the mean of triplicate. ± represents the Standard Deviation. The alphabet after numeric value represents the duncan multiple range test.
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