Research Article
Effect of Biochar Application on Growth of Garden Pea (Pisum sativum L.) in Acidic Soils of Bule Woreda Gedeo Zone Southern Ethiopia
Table 3
Mean fifteen days, twenty days, twenty-five days, and thirty days of pea as influenced by different rate of biochar at Bule.
| Treatments | 15 days | 20 days | 25 days | 30 days |
| Different rate of biochar (kg/ha) | | | | |
| Control corn | 8.62 | 10.83 | 16.01 | 29.33 | corn biochar 6 t ha−1 | 7.36 | 9.51 | 15.87 | 26.93 | corn biochar 12 t ha−1 | 9.43 | 11.41 | 18.70 | 30.93 | corn biochar 18 t ha−1 | 9.41 | 10.65 | 16.19 | 26.47 | Control Lantana | 8.97 | 11.33 | 18.23 | 28.60 | Lantana biochar 6 t ha−1 | 9.03 | 10.62 | 17.49 | 35.33 | Lantana biochar 12 t ha−1 | 9.79 | 11.04 | 19.26 | 33.20 | Lantana biochar 18 t ha−1 | 8.57 | 10.93 | 16.83 | 29.800 |
| LSD () | 0.87 | NS | NS | 8.02 |
| CV (%) | 5.59 | 11.34 | 13.94 | 15.22 |
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NS = nonsignificant. Means with same letters are not significantly different from each other at 5% probability level.
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