Management of Alternative Organic Fertilizer Sources for Wheat Production: Evidence from Decomposition Dynamics and Agronomic, Economic, and Farmers’ Preferences
Table 3
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 2014 cropping seasons.
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
108.2a
5.5
18.9
56.6
2.1
1.4
11.9ab
3.64a
39.1
Four
106.2ab
5.9
20.3
60.3
2.4
1.7
12.4a
3.62a
38.8
Six
103.7ab
5.9
20.2
59.4
2.4
1.6
10.4b
3.30a
38.2
Eight
101.2b
5.6
19.6
58.6
2.3
1.6
10.1b
2.73b
36.6
LSD0.05
5.07
ns
ns
ns
ns
ns
1.9
0.48
ns
Proportion
1 : 1
104.8
5.7
19.8
58.2
2.3
1.5
10.9
3.24
39.1
2 : 1
105.1
5.6
19.8
58.2
2.2
1.6
11.9
3.52
38.8
1 : 1 : 1
104.6
5.6
19.8
59.5
2.4
1.6
10.8
3.20
37.1
LSD0.05
ns
ns
ns
ns
ns
ns
ns
ns
ns
CV (%)
5.83
7.67
10.5
12.4
29.7
37.6
20.7
17.4
6.86
ns = nonsignificant; means with the same letter show no significant difference, ∗ = Significant at (P = 0.05), ∗∗ = high Significant at (P = 0.01), 1 : 1(Cm : Eb), 2 : 1 (Cm : Eb), and 1 : 1 : 1 (Cm : Eb: FYM).
