Determination of Lime Requirement with Compost on Acidic Ultisols for Wheat Crop in the Gurage Zone of Ethiopia

Table 6

Mean value plant height, stand count, biomass, and grain yields treated with different rates of lime and compost.

Treatments	Plant height (cm)	Stand count (number pot^−1)	Biomass yield (g pot^−1)	Grain yield (g pot^−1)
1	35.33^ced	9.33^bdc	15.75^ba	1.90^b
2	33.83^ed	8.33^ed	14.91^bdac	1.67^ghf
3	40.00^b	11.00^a	16.46^a	2.10^a
4	45.56^a	9.33^bdc	15.80^ba	1.87^b
5	34.33^ced	8.67^edc	14.94^bdac	1.83^cb
6	31.24^e	8.67^edc	13.87^dec	1.90^b
7	34.06^ed	10.00^bac	12.51^fe	1.62^hi
8	40.22^b	9.00^dc	12.71^fe	1.48^j
9	33.00^e	8.00^edf	12.66^fe	1.52^ji
10	38.33^cbd	10.00^bac	14.65^bdc	1.72^ghef
11	40.11^b	10.67^ba	14.07^dec	1.77^cefd
12	40.39^b	9.33^bdc	14.94^bac	1.75^gcefd
13	38.74^cb	6.67^f	14.85^bdac	1.79^cebd
14	38.78^cb	7.33^ef	13.27^fde	1.64^gh
15	40.92^b	8.33^ed	9.53^g	1.28^k
16	32.96^e	10.00^bac	11.95^f	1.69^ghef
CV (%)	7.37	9.71	7.22	4.08
LSD	4.58	1.46	1.67	0.12
Mean	37.36	9.04	13.93	1.72

Means within column followed by the same letter are not statistically different from each other at p > 0.05; LSD = least significant difference; CV = coefficient of variation.