Growth, Nitrogen and Phosphorus Uptake of Sorghum Plants as Affected by Green Manuring with Pea or Faba Bean Shell Pod Wastes Using 15N

Table 5: Dry matter (g pot^-1), nitrogen (mg N pot-1) and phosphorus (mg P pot^-1) yield in different plant parts of sorghum as affected by green manuring with faba bean pod shell wastes (FGM).

Treatment	Panicles	Roots	Leaves
Treatment	Dry Matter Yield (g pot^-1)
FGM₀	1.76±0.03^c	2.29±0.07^d	6.78±0.10^d
FGM₅₀	2.10±0.08^b	2.85±0.07^c	7.40±0.22^c
FGM₁₀₀	3.58±0.04^a	4.41±0.11^b	9.67±0.16^b
FGM₁₅₀	3.61±0.07^a	5.37±0.13^a	12.80±0.22^a
LSD _0.05	0.23	0.29	0.57
	N-yeild (mg N pot^-1)
FGM0	34.0 ±1.11^c	22.7±0.34^d	112.2±1.12^d
FGM50	44.0±2.48^b	28.3±0.89^c	131.9±3.50^c
FGM100	71.7±1.04^a	42.8±0.33^b	171.0±4.56^b
FGM150	70.9±1.80^a	54.4±1.05^a	218.8±2.19^a
LSD 0.05	5.26	2.24	9.63
	P-yeild (mg P pot^-1)
FGM₀	3.95±0.31^c	3.02±0.19^c	9.96±0.82^c
FGM₅₀	5.43±0.48^c	4.20±0.15^b	12.41±0.34^b
FGM₁₀₀	10.10±0.27^b	5.87±0.51^a	16.44±0.96^a
FGM₁₅₀	12.05±0.75^a	6.18±0.39^a	15.92±0.51^a
LSD _0.05	1.50	1.06	2.16

Note: Means within a column followed by the same letter (a,b,c and d) are not significantly different (P<0.05). FGM₀: control, no green manure; FGM₅₀, FGM₁₀₀and FGM₁₅₀: faba bean pod shells added as GM at rates of 50, 100 and 150 kg N ha^-1, respectively.