Management of Alternative Organic Fertilizer Sources for Wheat Production: Evidence from Decomposition Dynamics and Agronomic, Economic, and Farmers’ Preferences
Table 2
Growth, yield components, and grain yield data of wheat as influenced by time and proportion of organic materials application at Kokate Mara Chare, Wolaita, in 2013 cropping season.
Treatments
Plant height
Spike length
Spikelet spike−1
Seeds spike−1
Tiller plant−1
Productive tillers plant−1
Biomass
Grain yield
Thousand seed weight
(Cm)
(Cm)
(No.)
(No.)
(No.)
(No.)
(tons ha−1)
(tons ha−1)
(gm)
Application time (weeks before sowing)
Two
97.03a
5.34
17.52a
58.42a
2.17a
1.96a
10.8a
4.1a
41.55
Four
93.72b
5.15
17.14ab
55.70a
1.93ab
1.80ab
9.6b
3.6b
42.93
Six
90.21c
5.37
16.54bc
54.40ab
1.83ab
1.75ab
8.0c
2.9c
40.62
Eight
88.58c
4.99
16.12c
50.75b
1.61b
1.49b
7.4c
2.6c
40.08
LSD0.05
2.58
ns
0.96
4.90
0.38
0.33
1.1
0.4
ns
Proportion
1 : 1
92.65
5.25
16.49
55.20
1.82
1.74
9.42a
3.4a
41.15
2 : 1
92.99
5.16
16.81
53.78
1.85
1.71
9.36a
3.5a
42.37
1 : 1 : 1
91.51
5.37
17.20
55.47
1.99
1.81
8.09b
3.0b
40.36
LSD0.05
ns
ns
ns
ns
ns
ns
0.9
0.3
ns
CV (%)
3.36
10.32
6.86
10.77
24.5
22.8
14.34
14.52
8.74
ns = nonsignificant; means with the same letter show no significant difference, 1 : 1(Cm : Eb), 2 : 1 (Cm : Eb), and 1 : 1 : 1 (Cm : Eb : FYM).
