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 2
Effects of organic and inorganic amendments on the nodulation of faba bean.
Treatments
Nodule number plant−1
Effective nodule number plant−1
Nodule dry weight (mg·plant−1)
Control
33.00j
11.00g
20.00i
8 t compost·ha−1
53.67hi
17.00fg
37.67h
8 t FYM·ha−1
60.00h
23.33efg
42.67h
30 kg P·ha−1
33.33j
10.33g
31.00hi
10 t lime·ha−1
85.00fg
29.00def
67.67fg
30 kg P·ha−1 + 10 t lime·ha−1
125.67b
43bcd
97.33cd
8 t compost·ha−1 + 5 t lime·ha−1
59.67h
16.67fg
41.00h
8 t FYM·ha−1 + 5 t lime·ha−1
104.67cde
34b–e
85.67de
30 kg P·ha−1 + 5 t lime·ha−1
75.00g
20.33efg
56.00g
8 t compost·ha−1 + 30 kg P·ha−1 + 5 t lime·ha−1
99.67de
30.00c–f
78.00ef
8 t FYM·ha−1 + 30 kg P·ha−1 + 5 t lime·ha−1
116.67bc
50.00ab
92.00de
4 t compost·ha−1 + 15 kg P·ha−1 + 10 t lime·ha−1
112.67bcd
39.67bcd
91.67de
4 t FYM·ha−1 + 15 kg P·ha−1 + 10 t lime·ha−1
153.33a
59.33a
131.33a
4 t compost·ha−1 + 15 kg P·ha−1 + 5 t lime·ha−1
74.50g
30.67c–f
55.25g
4 t FYM·ha−1 + 15 kg P·ha−1 + 5 t lime·ha−1
95.67ef
30.67c–f
79.00ef
30 kg P·ha−1 + 10 t lime·ha−1 + Rhizobium
147.00a
49.00ab
111.67b
8 t·ha−1 compost + 30 kg·ha−1 P + 5 t lime·ha−1 + Rhizobium
126.33b
46.00abc
107.00bc
8 t·ha−1 FYM + 30 kg P·ha−1 + 5 t lime·ha−1 + Rhizobium
122.33b
49.33ab
96.33 cd
15 kg·ha−1 P + 4 t FYM·ha−1 + 5 t lime·ha−1 + Rhizobium
107.67cde
40.67bcd
84.33ed
Rhizobium only
43.667ij
12.00g
29.00hi
CV (%)
8.25
26.47
10.47
Means within a column followed by the same letter are not significantly different at ; CV = coefficient of variation.
