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 5

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

Treatments		Fruit length (cm)	Fruit diameter (cm)	Shoot fresh weight (g·plant^−1)	Shoot dry weight (g·plant^−1)	Unmarketable fresh fruit per plant (kg)	Marketable fresh fruit per plant (kg)	Yield (ton·ha^−1)
NPS (kg·ha^−1)	VC (kg·ha^−1)
0	0	4.90^d	4.69^d	15.00^e	2.78^e	0.45^f	2.12^g	10.82^f
0	4	4.99^d	4.70^d	15.10^e	3.25^e	0.45^f	2.35^e	14.60^e
0	6	5.01^c	5.22^c	15.30^e	3.30^e	0.44^f	3.25^c	15.32^d
0	8	5.05^c	5.26^c	15.35^e	3.45^e	0.44^f	3.36^c	15.43^d
75	0	5.16^cd	5.26^c	20.00^d	3.50^d	0.77^a	4.27^b	15.60^d
75	4	5.31^c	5.32^c	24.00^c	3.59^cd	0.45^f	2.27^ef	18.40^c
75	6	5.82^b	5.26^c	30.00^e	3.72^c	0.44^f	2.28^ef	18.42^c
75	8	5.83^b	5.40^b	38.12^b	3.80^c	0.36^g	2.38^de	20.65^b
100	0	5.86^b	5.31^c	28.00^c	3.51^d	0.77^a	2.51^d	18.73^c
100	4	5.99^b	5.47^b	29.20^c	3.80^c	0.56^d	2.25^fg	21.44^b
100	6	6.07^b	5.58^b	29.11^c	4.15^b	0.56^d	4.27^b	22.55^b
100	8	6.06^b	5.63^b	42.00^ab	4.170^b	0.55^d	4.27^b	22.00^b
125	0	5.87^b	5.25^c	38.35^b	4.16^b	0.78^a	2.13^g	18.87^c
125	4	6.04^b	5.51^b	42.51^ab	4.05^b	0.67^c	4.26^b	21.45^b
125	6	6.05^b	5.56^b	42.55^ab	4.05^b	0.65^c	4.26^b	22.10^b
125	8	6.26^a	5.94^a	48.25^a	4.50^a	0.66^c	5.54^a	24.36^a
LSD (5%)		1.42	0.45	2.63	1.74	0.41	1.64	11.23
CV (%)		2.71	3.85	6.74	4.12	0.43	3.90	8.24

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