Effect of Urea, NPK and Compost on Growth and Yield of Soybean (Glycine max L.), in Semi-Arid Region of Sudan

Table 6

Number of pods per plant, number of seeds per plant, and number of seeds per pod of soybean genotype as affected by urea, NPK, and compost during 2009/10 and 2010/11 seasons.

Treatments	2009/2010			2010/2011
	No of pods/plant	No of seeds/plant	No of seeds/pod	No of pods/plant	No of seeds/plant	No of seeds/pod
Urea	80.30	139.10	1.71	64.40	114.20	1.75
Compost	95.95	150.75	1.59	75.05	123.70	1.65
NPK	82.55	124.65	1.53	80.20	138.50	1.73
Control	95.55	156.80	1.54	72.15	118.80	1.66
LSD	15.68*	58.36 ns	0.43 ns	21.97 ns	42.24 ns	0.30 ns
CV%	11.07	25.54	16.69	18.83	21.33	11.10
SE+	9.80	36.48	0.27	13.73	26.41	0.19

*= significant, **= highly significant, ns = nonsignificant, LSD = least significant difference, CV% = coefficient of variation, SE± = standard error.