Effect of Biochar Application on Growth of Garden Pea (Pisum sativum L.) in Acidic Soils of Bule Woreda Gedeo Zone Southern Ethiopia
Table 5
Effect of different biochar on shoot fresh weight, shoot dry biomass, pod number, seed per pod, and grain yield of pea as influenced by different rate of biochar at Bule.
Treatments
SFW
SDB
PN
SP
GY
(kg/ha)
(kg/ha)
(kg/ha)
(kg/ha)
(kg/ha)
Different rate of biochar (kg/ha)
Control corn
78.50
10.53
8.39
4.43
134.17
corn biochar 6 t ha−1
78.14
7.35
10.54
4.17
134.17
corn biochar 12 t ha−1
108.67
28.83
13.96
4.93
327.67
corn biochar 18 t ha−1
130.50
28.86
14.90
5.20
291.67
Control Lantana
106.47
25.66
15.66
5.97
383.33
Lantana biochar 6 t ha−1
208.53
42.68
21.67
7.16
366.50
Lantana biochar 12 t ha−1
163.50
29.57
28.67
4.45
504.17
Lantana biochar 18 t ha−1
174.83
45.25
25.33
6.12
528.33
LSD ()
44.40
8.17
5.52
1.50
99.63
CV (%)
19.33
17.07
18.12
16.14
17.05
SFW = shoot fresh weight, SDB = shoot dry biomass, PN = pod number per plant, SP = seed number per pod, and GY = grain yield. Means with same letters are not significantly different from each other at 5% probability level.
