Response of Two Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Varieties to Rates of Blended Fertilizer and Row Spacing at Tselemti District, Northern Ethiopia
Table 2
Chickpea phenological and growth parameters as influenced by main effect of interrow spacing, variety, and interaction effect of blended fertilizer rates (kg/ha) and varieties.
Treatments
DE
DF
DM
NSBPP
NPMBPP
PLHT(c.m)
Row spacing
20c.m
9.54
68.1
118.6
5.75
3.50
41.33
30c.m
9.62
68.7
118.2
6.36
2.83
40.50
40c.m
9.83
69.7
118.4
6.91
3.21
41.00
LSD(0.05)
ns
ns
ns
ns
ns
ns
CV (%)
9.1
6.3
3.4
21.1
25
4.7
Varieties
Mariye
10.22
61.83
107.14
5.63
2.72
40.72
Arerti
9.11
75.89
129.67
7.06
3.64
41.17
LSD(0.05)
0.418∗∗
2.63∗∗
1.926∗∗
0.68∗∗
0.49∗∗
ns
F and V
0,V1
10.4
62.11
107.44
6.07
2.44
40.44
50,V1
10.2
60.44
107.11
5.58
2.56
40.44
100,V1
9.89
62.67
107.67
5.58
2.89
40.44
150,V1
10.3
62.11
106.33
5.31
3.00
41.56
0,V2
9.44
75.44
131.00
7.29
3.33
41.11
50,V2
8.78
77.67
128.44
6.88
3.89
41.11
100,V2
9.22
75.56
130.11
7.11
3.56
40.11
150,V2
9.00
74.89
129.11
6.96
3.78
42.33
LSD(0.05)
ns
ns
ns
ns
ns
ns
DF: days to 50% flowering; DM: days to 90% maturity; NPMBPP: number of primary branch per plant; NSBP: number of secondary branches per plant; PLHT: plant height; CV: coefficient of variation; LSD: least significant difference; V1: Mariye (D); V2: Arerti (K); F: fertilizer; V: variety.
