Statistically significant (P ≤ 0.05) higher growth
performance of okra plants was recorded in plots where
bioslurry was applied alongside different rates of N
fertilizer as compared to the control and recommended
inorganic N without bioslurry. Stem height and root length
of okra differed according to the different treatments. The
differences among treatments in terms of stem height were
significant in the whole growth period of okra (Table 2).
Application of bioslurry without inorganic N fertilizer also
showed a significant positive effect on stem height when
compared with the control. Stem height, measured at 30
and 90 DAS, was the highest when plants were supplied
with bioslurry along with 100% of the recommended
dose of an inorganic N fertilizer (T6
), followed by the
plots receiving bioslurry supplemented with 75% and
50% of the recommended dose of N from inorganic N
fertilizer (Table 2). Similarly, maximum root length was
consistently observed in the plants treated with 100% of
the recommended inorganic N dose alongside bioslurry
application (T6
), as shown in Table 2. Plants in the control
(T1
), bioslurry (T2
), and 100% recommended inorganic N
dose (T3
) treatments showed consistently lower growth
compared to other treatments in terms of the whole
growth parameters that we have observed.
Similarly significant results were obtained in terms of
number of fruits per plant, along with maximum calculated
fresh fruit weight per hectare. The highest values were
obtained in the treatments receiving higher doses of N
alongside bioslurry (Table 3). The maximum number of
fruits was found in T6
, followed by T5
and T4
. The actual
effect of the application of bioslurry combined with
different rates of inorganic N on total dry mass of different