Influence of decomposition agent application and schedule in wheat straw return practice on soil quality and crop yield

Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

Table 2 Plant growth properties under; no straw return (A), straw return under decomposition agent (B) and straw return under no decomposition agent (C)

Parameters	Treatments
Parameters	A	B	C
Height	126.5a	12.3a	113.1b
Number of fruit branches per plant	16.4a	16.0a	14.2b
Number of balls per plant	12.0c	1524a	14.0b
Single boll weight (g)	4.56a	4.67a	4.68a
Lint percentage (%)	40.0a	38.5a	38.1a
Seed cotton yield (kg hm-2)	3818.25c	4452.75a	4235.56b
Lint yield (kg hm-2)	1499.15c	1728.52a	1627.46b

Values followed by different letters within the rows are significantly different (p = 0.05)