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

Table 5

Growth, yield component, yield, and agronomic efficiency of wheat as affected by NPS and K fertilizer rates at Sodo Zuria, Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia, during 2016.

	PHT	LA	NGPS	TKW	AGBM	GY	SY	AE
	cm	cm	No.	gm	t ha^−1	t ha^−1	t ha^−1	kg·kg^−1
NPS
0	91.50^e	6.24^d	22.67^d	35.00^c	1.983^e	0.806^e	0.78^d	6.5^d
50	96.50^d	9.63^c	31.67^c	42.92^b	3.717^d	1.528^d	2.050^c	12.26^b
100	104.58^c	12.98a^b	37.75^b	45.58^ab	5.900^c	2.517^c	3.107^b	15.44^a
150	111.17^a	14.86^a	41.58^a	46.08^a	7.533^a	3.242^a	4.113^a	14.95^a
200	109.08^b	12.30^b	36.08^b	44.083^ab	6.9333^b	2.832^b	3.859^a	10.13^c
LSD (0.05)	1.32	2.19	1.912	2.742	0.314	0.163	0.297	1.573
KCl
0	100.80^c	8.79^b	28.87^c	39.93^c	4.187^d	1.645^d	2.545^b	9.94^c
25	101.87^bc	10.04^b	33.47^b	42.67^b	4.580^c	1.913^c	2.645^b	10.45^bc
50	105.53^a	15.37^a	40.00^a	46.20^a	6.247^a	2.727^a	3.132^a	15.42^a
75	102.07^b	10.62^b	33.47^b	42.13b^c	5.840^b	2.455^b	2.807^b	11.62^b
LSD (0.05)	1.18	1.96	1.711	2.452	0.281	0.146	0.265	1.407

LSD: least significant difference at the 5% level; means in the column followed by the same letters are not significantly different at the 5% level; PH: plant height; LA: leaf area; TTNPP: total number of tillers per plant; TKW: thousand-grain weights; NGPS: number of grains per spike; AGBM: above-ground biomass; GY: grain yield; SY: straw yield; AE: agronomic efficiency.