Applied and Environmental Soil Science

Research Article

The Effect of Phosphorus Fertilizer Sources and Lime on Acidic Soil Properties of Mollic Rhodic Nitisol in Welmera District, Central Ethiopia

Table 5

Grain yield and some grain physical quality parameters of barley as affected by different P sources, P rate, lime application, and location.


Source of var.		GY (kg·ha⁻¹)	TSW (gm)	HLW (kg·hl⁻¹)	Msr (%)

Location	OnS	3403.2A	43.8A	65.6A	10.36B
Location	OnF	2491.4B	41.2B	63.9B	11.10A
LSD		200.1	0.11	0.82	0.11

P sources	PARP	2888.9B	42.4B	64.83	10.74
	MOHP	2737.4BC	41.9B	64.78	10.70
	NPSB	3601.4A	44.1A	65.33	10.64
	NAFAKA	2561.6C	41.5B	64.20	10.85
LSD		282.9	1.0	Ns	Ns

P. rate	34.5 kg·ha⁻¹	2854.1	42.6	65.2	10.72
P. rate	69 kg·ha⁻¹	3040.6	42.4	64.4	10.74
LSD		Ns	Ns	Ns	Ns

Lime	LM1	2842.5B	42.7	64.9	10.72
Lime	LM2	3025.2A	42.3	64.6	10.74
LSD		200.1	Ns	Ns	Ns

Control		1906.6	38.27	60.85	10.70
CV (%)		16.6	4.2	3.09	2.57

Means with the same letters have no significant difference, Ns: not significant, significant @ < 0.05 highly significant @ < 0.01 and significant @ < 0.001., GY: grain yield, TSW: Thousand seed weight, HLW: hectoliter weight, and Msr: gain moisture percentage.