Sesame Yield Response to Deficit Irrigation and Water Application Techniques in Irrigated Agriculture, Ethiopia

Table 5

Sesame yield response to deficit irrigation in kg/ha during the cool cropping season in 2013–2015.

Irrigation depths	Irrigation methods			Mean
	Alternate furrow	Fixed furrow	Conventional furrow
Yield (kg/ha) response to irrigation amount and methods during the cool cropping season in 2012/13
100% ETc	438.61	476.54	427.28	447.48
75% ETc	486.35	470.90	427.30	461.52
50% ETc	492.63	442.27	528.55	487.82
Mean	472.53	463.24	461.04	465.61
CV%	14.69
R-square	0.41
LSD0.05	Irrigation method	Irrigation depth	Method ∗ depth
	164.87	NS	NS
Yield (kg/ha) response to irrigation amount and methods during the cool cropping season in 2013/14
100% ETc	1224.0	1197.9	1171.9	1197.93
75% ETc	1145.8	1119.8	1432.3	1232.63
50% ETc	1119.8	1171.9	1276.0	1189.23
Mean	1163.2	1163.2	1293.4	1206.6
CV%	10.79
R-square	0.67
LSD0.05	Irrigation method	Irrigation depth	Method ∗ depth
	NS		NS
Yield (kg/ha) response to irrigation amount and methods during the cool cropping season in 2014/15
100% ETc	1119.8	1302.1	1562.5	1328.13
75% ETc	1354.2	1250.0	1536.5	1380.23
50% ETc	1458.3	1171.9	1250.0	1293.4
Mean	1310.77	1241.33	1449.67	1333.92
CV%	26.3
R-square	0.43
LSD0.05	Irrigation method	Irrigation depth	Method ∗ depth
	NS	NS	NS