Effect of Blended NPSB and Nitrogen Application rates on Growth, Yield, and Yield Components of Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) at Gitilo Dale Research Site of Wallaga University, Western Ethiopia

Table 3

Wheat phenology and growth characteristics are influenced by the relationship between NPSB and nitrogen levels.

NPSB (kg·ha^−1)	N (kg·ha^−1)	Days to emergence (day)	Days to heading (day)	Days to physiological maturity (day)	Plant height (cm)	Productive tillers (m^−2)
0	0	6	63^j	158^h	76.09^l	120.67^g
0	31.1	6	64^i	161^g	78.15^k	125.33^fg
0	71.65	6	65^hi	162^fg	80.17^ij	125.00^fg
0	112.2	6	65^gh	163^f	82.05^gh	131.00^fg
100	0	6	65^hi	163^ef	79.31^jk	126.00^fg
100	31.1	6	66^fg	163^ef	83.06^fg	133.00^f
100	71.65	6	67^e	166^bcd	85.63^e	153.33^e
100	112.2	6	69^cd	167^bc	88.06^d	155.00^e
150	0	6	65^h	163^fg	81.25^hi	133.66^f
150	31.1	6	66^f	165^de	83.83^f	148.67^e
150	71.65	6	68^df	166^bcd	86.79^de	166.00^d
150	112.2	6	69^b	167^b	89.48^c	192.33^c
200	0	6	66^f	163^ef	84.17^f	169.67^d
200	31.1	6	67^de	165^cd	86.15^e	194.33^c
200	71.65	6	69^bc	167^b	91.62^b	235.33^b
200	112.2	6	71^a	173^a	93.31^a	312.00^a
LSD (0.05)		NS	0.805	1.82	1.33	10.73
CV (%)			0.73	0.66	0.94	3.93

In the table above, the same letters that are superscripted are statistically equivalent at the 5% level of significance. NS stands for nonsignificant and CV for the coefficient of variation. LSD = least significant difference. NPSB = blend of nitrogen, phosphorus, sulphur, and boron.