Research Article

Response of Two Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Varieties to Rates of Blended Fertilizer and Row Spacing at Tselemti District, Northern Ethiopia

Table 3

Number of pods per plant and number of seeds per pod as influenced by main effect of interrow spacing, variety, interaction effect of blended fertilizer rates (kg/ha), and varieties.

TreatmentsNPPPNSPP

Inter row spacing (c.m)
20c.m37.005.76
30c.m38.836.36
40c.m44.926.92
LSD(0.05)nsns
CV (%)2021.1

Varieties
Mariye41.785.63
Arerti38.727.06
LSD(0.05)ns

F and V
0,V141.001.556
50,V139.891.889
100,V141.671.444
150,V144.561.667
0,V234.781.111
50,V239.441.000
100,V237.781.111
150,V242.891.000
LSD(0.05)nsns

means highly significant; means significant; ns: nonsignificant, NPPP: number of pods per plant, NSPP: number of seeds per pod, CV: coefficient of variation, LSD: least significant difference; V1: Mariye; V2: Arerti; F: fertilizer, and V: variety.