Decomposition Dynamics of Leaf Litter Mixtures Enriched with NPS Fertilizer and Resultant Effects on Common Bean Productivity in Nutrient Depleted Soil

Table 2

Daily decay rate (k) (% day⁻¹) (dry weight bases) over 56 days of decomposition.

NPS (kg/ha)	Decomposition time (days)
	Initial	14	28	42	56	Average
0	0.0	2.8c	1.83c	1.33c	1.21c	1.79d
50	0.0	3.4b	2.25b	1.59b	1.42b	2.17c
100	0.0	3.6b	2.43a	1.79a	1.48ab	2.33b
150	0.0	4.1a	2.52a	1.90a	1.54a	2.51a
LSD0.05	—	0.32	0.14	0.13	0.11	0.11
LL (t/ha)
2.5	0.0	3.6a	2.35a	1.67	1.47a	2.27a
5.0	0.0	3.4b	2.17b	1.63	1.36b	2.13b
LSD0.05	—	0.23	0.10	NS	0.07	0.08
CV (%)		7.56	5.14	6.6	6.0	4.1
NPS
LL				NS
NPSLL			NS	NS	NS
14 days
NPS (kg/ha)	Initial	2.5t/ha	5t/ha	—	—	—
0	0.0	2.75c	2.81c	—	—	—
50	0.0	3.43b	3.46b	—	—	—
100	0.0	3.73b	3.49b	—	—	—
150	0.0	4.47a	3.67b	—	—	—
LSD0.05	—	0.46
CV (%)	—	7.56

NS, not significant; and significant at 1% and 5%, respectively.