Levels of Biochar and NPS Fertilizer Rates on Growth, Yield Component, and Yield of Maize (Zea mays L.) at Guto Gida, Western Ethiopia

Table 3

The main effect of biochar levels and inorganic NPS fertilizer rates on number of days to 50% days to tassel, number of days to 50% silking, and number of days to 90% physiological maturity of maize in Guto Gida, Western Ethiopia.

Treatments	50% days to tassel	50% days to silk	90% days to maturity
Biochar (t·ha^−1)
0	69.22^b	74.00^b	140.6^ab
2	69.22^b	74.33^b	140.8^ab
4	70.22^a	74.67^ab	141.2^ab
6	70.44^a	75.33^a	140.9^a
8	70.56^a	75.44^a	141.7^ab
LSD (0.05)	0.959	0.913	1.20
NPS (kg·ha^−1)
0	68.87^c	73.80^b	140.1^b
50	69.87^b	75.07^a	141.3^a
100	71.07^a	75.40^a	141.7^a
LSD (0.05)	0.743	0.707	0.94
CV (%)	1.4	1.3	0.9

LSD = least significant difference; CV = coefficient of variation (%). Means in the same column followed by the same letter(s) are not statistically significant different at 5% probability level.