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 4

Effect of interrow spacing on number of pods plant⁻¹ and number of seeds pods⁻¹of common bean varieties at the Arsi Negele and Melkasa sites.

Parameters	Number of pods plant^−1		Number of seeds pod^−1		Hundred seeds weight (g)
Locations	Arsi Negele	Melkasa	Arsi Negele	Melkasa	Arsi Negele	Melkasa
Plant spacing (cm)
30	13.94 ± 1.9^c	16.34 ± 1.8^b	4.75 ± 0.4^ns	4.12 ± 0.4^ns	42.58 ± 4.0^b	41.89 ± 3.0^ns
40	15.56 ± 1.5^b	18.56 ± 2.2^a	4.80 ± 0.3^ns	4.01 ± 0.3^ns	44.92 ± 3.6^ab	43.11 ± 3.5^ns
50	16.87 ± 1.3^a	18.27 ± 1.5^a	4.94 ± 0.4^ns	4.05 ± 0.3^ns	47.94 ± 5.1^a	43.78 ± 3.4^ns
LSD	3.05	2.04	0.64^ns	0.63^ns	4.72	9.03
CV%	6.18	7.48	13.62	13.74	1.20	7.64
Varieties
Dame	13.15 ± 1.4^c	14.74 ± 1.1^b	4.24 ± 0.3^b	4.64 ± 0.3^b	53.05 ± 3.1^a	50.44 ± 2.4^a
SER-119	15.98 ± 1.3^b	18.58 ± 2.2^a	5.09 ± 0.4^a	5.03 ± 0.4^a	33.21 ± 1.5^c	32.11 ± 1.5^c
KAT-B9	17.79 ± 1.7^a	17.65 ± 1.6^a	4.96 ± 0.4^a	4.02 ± 0.3^c	46.19 ± 3.4^b	46.22 ± 1.3^b
LSD	0.52	1.63	0.57	0.23	1.15	1.77
F value
Row spacing (PS)	21.14	4.51	0.65^ns	1.72^ns	7.83	0.80^ns
Variety (Var)	41.42	12.03	8.13	24.70	157.32	80.64
Rs  Var	34.06	1.22^ns	10.16	49.42	12.51	1.35^ns

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