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

Table 4

Plant height (cm) and leaf area (cm²) of wheat as affected by the interaction effect of NPS and K fertilizer rates at Sodo Zuria, Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia, during 2016.

Fertilizer rates (kg·ha^−1)	KCl (kg·ha^−1)
NPS	0	25	50	75
PH
0	90^i	90.67^i	93.67^h	91.67^hi
50	94^h
100	101^f	104^e	109.3^bcd	104^e
150	109.67^bc	109.67^bc	115^a	110.33^bc
200	109.3^bcd	108.3^cd	111.67^b	107^d
LSD (0.05)	2.64
CV (%)	1.56
LA
0	4.39^h	6.47^gh	6.75^gh	7.37^fgh
50	8.053^efgh	8.66^defgh	11.96^cde	9.85^defg
100	10.35^defg	12.08^cde	18.01^b	11.48^cdef
150	10.07^defg	11.67^cdef	25.28^a	12.47^cd
200	11.15^cdef	11.3^cdef	14.83^bc	11.94^cde
LSD (0.05)	4.38
CV (%)	23.67

LSD (0.05): least significant difference at the 5% level; CV: coefficient of variation; means in the column followed by the same letters are not significantly different at the 5% level; PH: plant height; LA: leaf area.