Integrated Acid Soil Management for Growth, Nodulation, and Nutrient Uptake of Faba Bean (Vicia faba L.) in Lay Gayint District, Northwestern Highlands of Ethiopia
Table 1
Effects of organic and inorganic amendments on the growth of faba bean.
Treatments
Plant height
Number of branches plant−1
Number of leaves plant−1
Shoot dry weight (g·plant−1)
Control
30.67j
6.22g
11.33j
2.74f
8 t compost·ha−1
37.33gh
6.33g
11.66j
2.87f
8 t FYM·ha−1
41.33gh
11.22bc
23.22def
3.68b–f
30 kg P·ha−1
33.67ij
7.78fg
16.22hi
3.40c–f
10 t lime·ha−1
41.67fgh
8.00fg
15.78ij
3.05def
30 kg P·ha−1 + 10 t lime·ha−1
47.33ef
10.11cde
20.78efg
3.90a–f
8 t compost·ha−1 + 5 t lime·ha−1
41.33gh
8.89def
19.22fgh
4.17a–e
8 t FYM·ha−1 + 5 t lime·ha−1
48.33de
9.22def
16.89ghi
3.91a–f
30 kg P·ha−1 + 5 t lime·ha−1
42.33fg
9.11def
20.33efg
4.47abc
8 t compost·ha−1 + 30 kg P·ha−1 + 5 t lime·ha−1
48.33de
10.33cd
25.33bcd
4.36abc
8 t FYM·ha−1 + 30 kg P·ha−1 + 5 t lime·ha−1
58.67a
13.78a
37.11a
5.14a
4 t compost·ha−1 + 15 kg P·ha−1 + 10 t lime·ha−1
50.00cde
10.78bcd
25.56bcd
4.87ab
4 t FYM·ha−1 + 15 kg P·ha−1 + 10 t lime·ha−1
57.00ab
12.33ab
29.56b
4.61abc
4 t compost·ha−1 + 15 kg P·ha−1 + 5 t lime·ha−1
53.58a–d
9.29def
25.48bcd
4.55abc
4 t FYM·ha−1 + 15 kg P·ha−1 + 5 t lime·ha−1
55.67abc
10.89bcd
28.30bc
4.15a–e
30 kg P·ha−1 + 10 t·ha−1 lime + Rhizobium
55.67abc
11.33bc
24.78cde
4.83ab
8 t·ha−1 compost + 30 kg·ha−1 P + 5 t lime·ha−1 + Rhizobium
51.33b–e
12.44ab
28.44bc
4.19a–e
8 t·ha−1 FYM + 30 kg P·ha−1 + 5 t lime·ha−1 + Rhizobium
59.33a
14.00a
38.67a
4.28a–d
4 t FYM·ha−1 + 15 kg·ha−1 P + 5 t lime·ha−1 + Rhizobium
53.67a–d
10.00cde
23.22def
4.82ab
Rhizobium only
35.67hij
8.22ef
16.44hhi
3.11def
CV (%)
6.80
10.34
12.21
16.99
Means within a column followed by the same letter are not significantly different at ; CV = coefficient of variation.
