Table 2 Fiber quality as effected by fertilizer treatments in 2015 and 2016.
Length (mm) | Uniformity (%) | Strength (g tex−1) | Elongation (%) | Short fiber ratio (%) | Mature | Micronaire (μg inch−1) | Spinning consistency index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | ||||||||
2015 | 28.8 ± 0.3 b | 85.4 ± 0.3 b | 28.8 ± 0.3 b | 7.8 ± 0.2 | 3.7 ± 0.2a | 0.86 ± 0.003 | 4.6 ± 0.1 a | 135.8 ± 2.7 b |
2016 | 30.0 ± 0.2 a | 86.2 ± 0.2 a | 29.9 ± 0.2 a | 7.6 ± 0.1 | 3.3 ± 0.1b | 0.85 ± 0.002 | 4.3 ± 0.1 b | 147.7 ± 1.7 a |
Treatment | ||||||||
Control | 29.2 ± 0.3 | 85.6 ± 0.2 | 29.6 ± 0.4 | 8.0 ± 0.2 | 3.4 ± 0.2 | 0.85 ± 0.003 | 4.4 ± 0.1 | 141.6 ± 2.3 |
Urea | 29.0 ± 0.3 | 85.3 ± 0.3 | 28.6 ± 0.4 | 7.5 ± 0.3 | 3.9 ± 0.3 | 0.86 ± 0.003 | 4.6 ± 0.1 | 135.1 ± 3.0 |
ESN | 29.5 ± 0.5 | 86.0 ± 0.5 | 29.7 ± 0.6 | 7.8 ± 0.1 | 3.3 ± 0.2 | 0.86 ± 0.002 | 4.5 ± 0.1 | 143.6 ± 5.7 |
U + DI | 30.0 ± 0.4 | 86.3 ± 0.2 | 29.4 ± 0.2 | 7.6 ± 0.2 | 3.5 ± 0.1 | 0.85 ± 0.004 | 4.3 ± 0.2 | 146.5 ± 2.9 |
ANOVA P values | ||||||||
Year (Y) | 0.002 | 0.015 | 0.010 | 0.293 | 0.030 | 0.090 | 0.003 | 0.001 |
Treatment (T) | 0.210 | 0.114 | 0.229 | 0.390 | 0.177 | 0.274 | 0.173 | 0.094 |
Y × T | 0.749 | 0.572 | 0.240 | 0.889 | 0.408 | 0.890 | 0.879 | 0.770 |
