Effect of Biochar Application on Growth of Garden Pea (Pisum sativum L.) in Acidic Soils of Bule Woreda Gedeo Zone Southern Ethiopia

Table 4

Mean root length, root fresh weight, and root dry biomass of pea as influenced by different rate of biochar at Bule.

Treatments	RFW (kg)	RDB (kg)
Different rate of biochar (kg/ha)
Control corn	2.03	1.18
corn biochar 6 t ha^−1	1.56	1.35
corn biochar 12 t ha^−1	3.50	1.99
corn biochar 18 t ha^−1	3.33	2.36
Control Lantana	3.53	2.05
Lantana biochar 6 t ha^−1	4.93	3.10
Lantana biochar 12 t ha^−1	4.00	2.37
Lantana biochar 18 t ha^−1	4.70	2.39
LSD ()	1.05	0.73
CV (%)	17.40	19.97

NS = nonsignificant, RL = root length, RFW = root fresh weight, and RDB = root dry biomass. Means with same letters are not significantly different from each other at 5% probability level.