Effect of Integrated Inorganic and Organic Fertilizers on Yield and Yield Components of Barley in Liben Jawi District

Table 1

Effects of the integrated use of organic and inorganic fertilizers on plant height, spike length, and total number of tillers plant⁻¹ of barley in 2015-2016 cropping seasons on smallholder farmers’ fields in Chelia district.

Treatments	Plant height (cm)			Spike length (cm)			Total tillers plant^−1
	2015	2016	Mean	2015	2016	Mean	2015	2016	Mean
Recommended NP	108	100	104	7	7	7	5	5	5
Conventional compost (N equivalency)	101	91	96	7	7	7	5	5	5
Farmyard manure (N equivalency)	100	71	86	7	6	6	4	4	4
Vermicompost (N equivalency)	105	82	93	7	6	6	5	5	5
50 : 50% vermicompost : conventional compost	105	86	95	7	6	7	5	5	5
50 : 50% vermicompost : farmyard manure	104	71	87	7	6	6	5	5	5
33 : 33 : 33% vermicompost : conventional compost : farmyard manure	102	81	92	7	6	7	5	5	5
50 : 50% vermicompost : recommended NP	104	93	99	6	6	6	5	5	5
50 : 50% conventional compost : recommended NP	107	92	100	6	7	7	5	5	5
50 : 50% farmyard manure : recommended NP	106	78	92	7	6	7	5	5	5
LSD (%)	6.714	10.16	7.53	NS	1.03	0.64	0.971	0.923	0.57
CV (%)	3.75	7.01	6.87	7.91	9.35	8.39	11.33	11.35	9.92

NS = nonsignificant difference at 5% probability level; numbers followed by same letter in the same column are not significantly different at 5% probability level.