Research Article

Effect of Mineral Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium Fertilizers on the Productivity of Faba Bean (Vicia faba L.) in Acidic Soils of Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia

Table 8

Interaction of mineral nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium fertilizers and the main effect of the growing year on yield components and the yield of faba bean.

Nitrogen (kg N ha−1)Phosphorus (kg P2O5 ha−1)Grain yield (t ha−1)Stover yield (t ha−1)Hundred seed weight (g)
Potassium (kg K2O ha−1)Potassium (kg K2O ha−1)Potassium (kg K2O ha−1)
030600306003060

001.08 j2.45 h2.50 h1.29 j2.92 hi3.13 gh88.04 f92.77 def93.81 c–f
462.43 h3.37 cd3.37 cd2.65 hi4.11 c–f4.21 cde90.94 ef101.79 ab101.79 ab
922.34 h2.71 fgh3.21 c–f2.74 hi3.35 fgh3.35 fgh90.50 ef100.77 abc100.32 abc
2302.77 e–h3.52 cd3.67 c2.98 hi4.39 cd4.75 c97.30 b–e103.15 ab103.14 ab
463.47 cd4.54 ab4.62 ab4.26 cde5.75 b6.33 ab102.13 ab103.81 ab103.74 ab
923.47 cd4.67 ab4.97 a4.33 cd5.96 b6.83 a102.49 ab105.57 a106.67 a
4601.63 i2.67 gh2.75 e–h2.23 i3.33 fgh3.43 e–h92.14 ef99.96 a–d101.10 ab
463.11 d–g4.34 b4.51 ab3.89 d–g5.80 b5.77 b101.47 ab103.81 ab104.60 a
923.29 cde4.41 b4.21 b4.10 c–f5.84 b6.07 ab88.04 f104.55 a103.74 ab

LSD (5%)0.270.483.61
Year
20193.38 a4.43 a103.08 a
20203.30 b4.00 b96.95 b
LSD (5%)0.070.120.98
CV7.098.903.16

Note: means in columns and rows followed by the same letter are not significantly different at  = 0.05 according to Fisher’s protected LSD test.