Research Article

Influences of NPSB and Vermicompost Application Rates on Yields of Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) at Jimma Ganati Research Site of Wallaga University, Western Ethiopia

Table 4

The over years (2021 and 2022) mean value of the studied parameters under the effects of NPSB and vermicompost fertilizers rates.

TreatmentsPlant height (cm)Number of leaf per plantNumber of branch per plantNumber of flower per plantNumber of fruit per plant
NPS (kg·ha−1)VC (kg·ha−1)

0030.25i14.58h1.66g12.20d11.71e
0431.79h14.90h1.67g12.32d11.79e
0632.46g14.92h2.23g12.34d12.38e
0833.59f16.00g2.50f13.50c16.11d
75033.59f16.22g2.50f13.54d16.21d
75436.92e16.21g3.13e16.31bc17.50c
75637.46d16.96f3.36d17.87b17.51c
75837.71d18.55d3.42d17.97b20.31b
100037.45d18.04e3.08e12.35d15.22d
100438.46c20.63c3.75c18.00b18.45bc
100638.88b23.01b4.83b18.22b20.08b
100838.47c23.14b4.85b17.89b17.04cd
125037.46d18.53d3.11e12.33d15.20b
125438.45c20.60c3.76c17.88b18.46bc
125638.46c23.02b4.84b17.96b17.96bc
125840.42a23.54a5.17a21.75a23.13a
LSD0.321.130.511.320.60
CV4.114.342.13.045.20

At a probability level, similar letters don’t appear to be statistically different from one another. NPSB stands for nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, and boron; VC stands for vermicompost; LSD stands for least significant difference; and CV stands for coefficient of variation.