Table 4. Effect of furrow application of nitrogen and phosphorus at 

 transplanting. ^ 



Sampled 11 October 1974 ~ 



P Rate (kg/ha) 



N Rate 

 (kg/ha) 



Rhizome 

 Culms/Plant 



Height 



Basal Area 

 (cm2/m2) 



Percent 

 Survival 









25 







25 







25 







25 





 112 



9.4 

 17.8 



15.4 

 19.7 



113 

 132 



109 

 116 



14.0 

 23.4 



15.4 

 18.5 



85.6 

 60.1 



83.6 

 68.6 



LSD: 2 

 N 0.01 

 0.05 



CV%3 



__5 

 __5 



78.5 



__5 

 10.5 

 13.0 



__5 



6.2 



50.9 



12.14 

 8.9 



17.4 



N Rate 



Sampled 11 October 1974 



(kg/ha) 





P Rat 



e (kg/ha) 







1 25 



1 25 



1 25 1 





Aerial Dry Weight 

 (g/plant) 



Flowers/Plant 



Center Culms/ 

 Plant 





 112 



36.4 

 47.6 



41.6 

 57.6 



4.9 

 7.1 



6.7 

 9.3 



12.9 

 15.4 



11.6 

 15.6 





LSD: 2 

 CV%3 



Nc 

 48.0 



) Significant 

 56.4 



Difference 



44.7 









Sampled 3 



April 1975 









P Rate 



(kg/ha) 





N Rate 

 Ckg/ha) 



Culms/m2 



Height (cm) 











25 







25 







 112 



95 

 97 



118 

 83 



32 

 32 



36 



35 





1. Transplanted 17 April 1974. 



2. Least significant difference. 



3. Coefficient of variation. 



4. No significant N x P interactions, nor any significant phosphorus 

 effect. 



5. Not significant. 



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