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

Table 8

Productive tillers per plant of wheat as affected by NPS and K fertilizer rates at Sodo Zuria, Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia, during 2016.

Fertilizer (kg·ha^−1)	Productive tillers	Harvest index (%)
	No.	No.
NPS
0	1.91^d	40.25
50	2.87^c	41.00
100	3.53^b	42.58
150	4.57^a	42.75
200	3.69^b	40.75
LSD (0.05)	0.17	NS
KCl
0	3.01^d	39.40^b
25	3.18^c	41.13^ab
50	3.64^a	43.27^a
75	3.42^b	42.07^a
LSD (0.05)	0.15	3.59
CV (%)	6.14	7.42

LSD (0.05): least significant difference at the 5% level; CV: coefficient of variation; NS: nonsignificant. Means in the column followed by the same letters are not significantly different at the 5% level of significance.