Effects of Varieties and Nitrogen Fertilizer on Yield and Yield Components of Maize on Farmers Field in Mid Altitude Areas of Western Ethiopia
Table 9
Effects of varieties and nitrogen rate on shoot N accumulation and grain N accumulation of maize on farmer’s field around Bako Tibe, western Ethiopia.
Maize varieties with N rates
Shoot N accumulation (kg ha−1)
Grain N accumulation (kg ha−1)
2013
2014
2013
2014
Farm 1
Farm 2
Farm 3
Farm 4
Farm 5
Farm 6
Farm 1
Farm 2
Farm 3
Farm 4
Farm 5
Farm 6
BH-540 (50% RR)
74
47
55
38
39
71
13.48
5.83
12.74
9.88
12.57
20.16
BH-540 (100% RR)
63
32
120
35
64
79
14.15
11.83
15.56
9.06
14.01
15.92
BH-543 (50% RR)
47
35
93
57
56
52
16.75
8.25
13.62
10.25
13.30
15.03
BH-543 (100% RR)
136
63
112
50
96
142
19.87
11.62
19.82
11.59
12.20
23.20
BH-661 (50% RR)
62
36
83
59
90
104
21.16
12.51
10.29
17.16
18.06
24.50
BH-661 (100% RR)
75
28
42
52
67
115
22.31
11.18
18.42
14.57
20.76
19.71
BH- 660(50% RR)
87
44
54
44
45
119
18.70
9.52
13.51
8.89
16.94
15.52
BH-660 (100% RR)
53
51
80
54
77
49
9.14
7.20
16.27
17.69
20.25
18.42
BH-140 (50% RR)
83
37
77
34
98
90
16.42
4.60
16.48
6.45
14.17
14.19
BH-140(100% RR)
81
42
113
64
63
108
10.11
7.33
20.03
15.83
16.44
16.91
BH-543
44
20
43
56
51
30
13.02
6.94
12.30
15.17
11.49
5.56
Farm 1–6 = farmers’ names (Takele Uluma, Adisu Fufa, Adisu Likessa, Mulatu Shukar, Tesfaye Tsagaye, and Gutu Tolera); 50% and 100% RR = half and full doses (55 and 110 kg N ha−1) recommended for maize.
