Response of Soybean (Glycine max L. (Merrill)) to Bradyrhizobium Inoculation, Lime, and Phosphorus Applications at Bako, Western Ethiopia

Table 4

Main effects of Bradyrhizobium, lime, and phosphorus fertilizer rates on grain yield and harvest index of soybean.

Treatment	PH	NPB	NSP	HSW (g)	GY (kg ha^−1)	HI (%)
Inoculation
Uninoculated	73.0^ab	6.0^b	2.6	16.6	3020^b	0.39^b
TAL379	74.3^a	6.3^ab	2.6	17.1	3228^a	0.41^a
Legumefix	71.8^b	6.7^a	2.6	17.1	3048^b	0.40^ab
LSD (0.05)	1.8	0.42	NS	NS	158.6	0.02
P2O5 rate (kg ha^−1)
0	71.7^b	5.8^b	2.6	16.6	2869^c	0.37^c
23	70.0^b	6.3^ab	2.6	17.1	3043^bc	0.38^c
46	72.9^b	6.6^a	2.7	16.8	3206^ab	0.41^b
69	75.5^a	6.6^a	2.7	17.3	3277^a	0.43^a
LSD (0.05)	2.1	0.49	NS	NS	183.1	0.021
Lime rate (t ha^−1)
0	68.9^b	6.1^b	2.6	16.3^b	2766^b	0.39^b
3.12	77.2^a	6.6^a	2.6	17.5^a	3431^a	0.41^a
LSD (0.05)	1.5	0.34	NS	0.6	129.5	0.015
CV (%)	6.2	11.5	6.3	10.9	12.6	7.8

HSW: hundred-seed weight; NPB: number of primary branches; PH: plant height; NSP: number of seeds per pod. Means with the same factor and column followed by the same letter are not significantly different at 5% level of significance.