Table 1: The effect of fertilizer dose on the growth of Chenopodium quinoa Willd at Madinat al-Hikmah, Karachi Sindh, Pakistan.

Plot-A
(0.405 ha)
250 g
Dose Date of Sowing Plant to Plant
Distance
Mode of
Sowing
Irrigation Plant Height (cm) No Of Branches No Of Leaves (cm) Leaf Length
(cm)
Leaf Width
(cm)
Date of Harvesting Total Yield /0.405 ha Total Yield /0.405 ha Total Yield
/0.405 ha
Control No treatment 12.11.
2014
Orange 15cm Ridges 3 times 91.44
cm
2 0 14 4 2 15.4.2015 3 kg
Red Ridges 121
cm
25 10 4 3 23 kg
White Ridges 152
cm
28 12 5 4 Same as above 27kg
Plot-B
(0.405 ha)
250 g
Orange DAP 10 kg
+
Urea 10 kg/ 0.405 ha
15.11.
2014
15cm Ridges 3 times 121 cm 24 16 6 4 28.4.2015 46 kg
Red Ridges 137.16 cm 28 12 5 3 115 kg
White Ridges 152.4 cm 35 28 4 3 Same as above 120 kg
Total Yield/
A+B
(1 ha)
- - - - - - - - - - 49 kg 138 kg 147 kg