Research Article

Influence of Lime and Phosphorus Application Rates on Growth of Maize in an Acid Soil

Table 5

Plant height (cm) at four weeks after planting.

Lime rate t ha−1 Phosphorus rates kg ha−1Means
030100

050.172.782.668.5
279.392.151.974.4
1088.964.573.375.6
2061.068.367.965.7

Means68.574.468.9

F probabilities for ANOVA for phosphorus and lime rates

Lime0.032
Phosphorus0.188
Lime × phosphorus<0.001

LSD
Lime7.39
Phosphorus6.40
Lime × phosphorus12.80