Growth, biochemical quality and antioxidant capacity of coriander leaves under organic and inorganic fertilization programs

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Table 3 Physiological and biochemical traits of coriander under fertilization treatments

Treatments	Leaf SPAD values	Shoot FW (g/pot)	Root FW (g/pot)	Shoot DW (g/pot)	Root DW (g/pot)	Leaf flavonoids (mg/100 g FW)	Leaf total phenols (mg GAE/g FW)
Control	11.8c	13.3c	19.8d	1.50c	1.95c	4.2b	1.1ab
NPK fertilizer	16.6b	24.2a	81.1a	3.26a	6.33a	6.3a	1.2ab
Manure	15.5bc	17.7b	73.4ab	2.36b	5.89a	4.9b	0.9b
Vermicompost	20.7a	22.3ab	68.2bc	3.20a	5.84a	6.8a	1.3a
Biophosphate	12.6bc	12.7c	57.5c	1.53c	4.07b	4.7b	1.0ab
Glycine	16.2b	20.0ab	78.6ab	2.83ab	5.30ab	6.6a	1.2ab
P value	**	**	**	**	**	**	*

^** and * mean significant treatments effect at 1% and 5% level, respectively
The means with at least one common letter are not statistically different at 5% level of Duncan’s multiple range test