Effect of Interrow Spacings on Growth, Yield, and Yield Components of Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Varieties in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia

Table 3

Effect of interrow spacing on plant height, leaf area, and leaf area index of common bean varieties at the Arsi Negele and Melkasa sites.

Parameters	Plant height (cm)		Leaf area (cm^2 )		Leaf area index
Locations	Arsi Negele	Melkasa	Arsi Negele	Melkasa	Arsi Negele	Melkasa
Plant spacing (cm)
30	56.67 ± 1.6^a	59.41 ± 5.6^a	1862.25 ± 105^b	2104.0 ± 152.0^a	3.98 ± 0.2^b	4.12 ± 0.2^ns
40	53.50 ± 1.6^b	54.11 ± 3.6^b	1961.05 ± 98.9^a	1852.9 ± 119.2^c	4.00 ± 0.3^ab	4.00 ± 0.3^ns
50	50.44 ± 1.9^c	59.27 ± 3.4^a	1979.00 ± 94.7^a	2077.8 ± 109.7^b	4.07 ± 0.3^a	4.05 ± 0.2^ns
LSD	2.39	4.27	94.03	210.92	0.07	0.29 ^ns
CV%	4.63	10.98	3.033	5.52	2.78	4.50
Varieties
Dame	55.15 ± 1.7^a	71.57 ± 3.3^a	1975.11 ± 100^a	1998.80 ± 136^b	4.04 ± 0.2^a	4.12 ± 0.3^a
SER-119	53.15 ± 1.6^b	53.61 ± 1.6^b	1928.30 ± 105^b	2041.90 ± 131^a	4.04 ± 0.3^b	4.08 ± 0.3^ab
KAT-B9	50.81 ± 1.6^c	49.20 ± 2.1^c	1845.37 ± 99^c	1875.60 ± 118^c	3.96 ± 0.3^b	4.00 ± 0.2^b
LSD	0.31	2.68	38.59	69.89	0.039	0.071
F value
Row spacing (PS)	45.14	13.93	10.33	13.93	5.23	0.76^ns
Variety (Var)	144.14	12.38	16.69	12.38	3.58	5.15
Rs  Var	50.29	1.22^ns	10.13	23.97	1.53^ns	4.59

Values (Mean ± SE) followed by dissimilar letters in column are significantly different at ; ; ; and Ns = nonsignificant.