Research Article
Soil Moisture Response to Short-Term Inorganic Fertilization on Tef (Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter) Crop Varieties in Northern Ethiopia
Table 5
Combined effects of N + P fertilizer rates with tef crop varieties on soil moisture content (SMC) determined at the different growth stages (sampling dates) in the 2013 cropping season in the Dura area, northern Ethiopia.
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Values within a column with different letters are significantly different at the probability level (P) ≤ 0.05. Significant at ; significant at . #Mean of all sampling dates for each of the treatment combined effects. ¶Significant level tested for the treatment combined effects on SMC determined across the sampling dates. F, fertilizer rate: F1, 0 N + 0 P; F2, 21 N + 10 P; F3, 41 N + 20 P; F4, 64 N + 25 P; V, tef varieties: V1, Sergen; V2, DZ-cr-387 or Kuncho; V3, Keyih; FV, interaction (combined) effect of fertilizer with variety. |