Response of Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) to Potassium (K) and Blended NPS Fertilizer Rates in the Nitisols of Southern Ethiopia

Table 3

Mean squares of ANOVA for days to heading, days to physiological maturity, leaf area, and plant height of wheat.

Source variance	DF	DH (days)	LA (cm^2)	DPM (days)	PH (cm)
REP	2	3.217	25.235	16.22	5.417
NPS	3	433.4	134.3	1109.3	63.3
K	4	105.8	124.2	10.7^NS	839.3
NPS ∗ K	12	4.2^NS	20.4	7.3^NS	5.3
Error	38	7.199	7.035	11.0	2.5

NS and ∗: nonsignificant and significant at 5%. DF: degree of freedom; DH: days to 50% heading; DPM: days to 90% physiological maturity; LA: leaf area; PH: plant height.