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

Table 3

Effects of the integrated use of organic and inorganic fertilizers on dry biomass yield and harvest index of barley in 2015-2016 cropping seasons on smallholder farmers’ fields in Chelia district.

Treatments	Biomass yield (kg·ha^−1)			Harvest index (%)
	2015	2016	Mean	2015	2016	Mean
Recommended NP	7967	4330	6148	42.68	35.56	39.12
Conventional compost (N equivalency)	7500	3833	5667	46.70	41.15	43.93
Farmyard manure (N equivalency)	7158	1526	4342	45.66	37.12	41.39
Vermicompost (N equivalency)	7458	2504	4981	45.62	40.42	43.02
50 : 50% vermicompost : conventional compost	7167	2230	4698	47.43	49.59	48.51
50 : 50% vermicompost : farmyard manure	7392	1670	4531	45.21	39.82	42.52
33 : 33 : 33% vermicompost : conventional compost : farmyard manure	7292	2126	4709	46.25	39.84	43.05
50 : 50% vermicompost : recommended NP	7817	3807	5812	45.41	40.79	43.10
50 : 50% conventional compost : recommended NP	7967	3804	5885	45.50	39.56	42.53
50 : 50% farmyard manure : recommended NP	7300	2985	5143	46.14	38.70	42.42
LSD (%)	NS	1191	845	2.831	6.2856	3.41
CV (%)	8.49	24.09	14.01	3.61	9.1	6.84

NS = nonsignificant difference at 5% probability level.