Effect of Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Varieties and Variable Rates of Potassium Fertilizer on Yield and Yield-Related Traits at Areka, Southern Ethiopia

Table 3

Pods per plant, seeds per pod, and TSW as affected by varieties and K rates during 2019/20 cropping seasons.

Varieties	K rates (kg/ha)	Pods per plant	Seeds per pod	TSW (g)
SER 119	0	31.33^d–g	3.83	180.00
	10	40.50^b–e	4.53	224.67
	20	45.53^bc	5.17	242.00
	30	49.20^bc	5.63	267.00
	40	63.37^a	6.27	287.00
SAB 736	0	20.97^g	3.33	198.33
	10	29.00^e–g	4.07	252.67
	20	39.20^b–e	3.87	273.00
	30	48.53^bc	4.90	287.00
	40	33.00^d–g	4.50	309.67
Awassa Dume	0	26.1^fg	3.50	207.33
	10	41.73^b–d	4.57	248.00
	20	45.73^bc	4.23	256.33
	30	51.00^b	5.57	276.67
	40	37.4^c–f	4.97	293.33
	LSD	12.28	NS	NS
Varieties mean	SER 119	45.99^a	5.09^a	240.13
	SAB 736	34.14^c	4.13^c	264.13
	Awassa Dume	40.39^b	4.57^b	256.33
	LSD	5.49	0.39	NS
K rate mean	0	26.13^b	3.56^c	195.22^d
	10	39.97^a	4.39^b	241.78^c
	20	43.49^a	4.42^b	257.11^bc
	30	46.68^a	5.37^a	276.89^ab
	40	44.59^a	5.24^a	296.67^a
	LSD	7.09	0.51	33.66
	CV (%)	18.28	11.56	13.75

Means followed by different letters within a column are significantly different at 5% probability level; NS, not significant.