Table 3. Nitrogen and phosphorus effects on growth of plants 

 removed from the nursery area at Beaufort and trans- 

 planted at Pine Knoll Shores.^ 



N Rate 









P Rate 



(kg/ha) 







(kg/ha] 







25 







25 







25 



25 





Aerial Dry Weight 



Flowers/Plant 



Center Culms/ 



Percent 





(g/plant) 





Plant 



Survival 







115.6 



64.8 



10.4 



5.4 



25.2 



18.7 



43.6 28.9 



112 



73.5 



109.5 



5.2 



8.0 



14.3 



17.7 



31.1 52.0 



LSD: 2 











N X P 











0.01 



41.0 



3.5 



__ 3 



13.7 



0.05 



30.3 



2.6 



__ 3 



10.1 



CV%'^ 



34.3 



36.1 



46.4 



26.8 



N Rate 



Rhizome 



Height 



Basal Area 





(kg/ha) 



Culms/Plant 



(cm) 



(cm^/m^) 











25 







25 







25 









32.6 



20.7 



127 



121 



46.3 



24.7 





112 



23.2 



28.2 



125 



140 



28.0 



37.7 





LSD: 2 











N X P 











0.01 



__3 



__3 



16.2 





0.05 



__ 3 



__ 3 



12.0 





CV%'+ 



54.3 



13.6 



36.0 





1. Nursery fertilized 5 March 1974; transplanted 9 April 1974; har- 

 vested 11 October 1974. 



2. Least significant difference. 



(There were no significant main effects due to nitrogen or to 

 phosphorus.) 



3. Not significant. 



4. Coefficient of variation. 



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