Research Article

Identification of Yield-Limiting Nutrients for Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) Yield, Nutrient Uptake and Use Efficiency on Vertisols of Raya Kobo District, Northeastern Ethiopia

Table 5

Effects of omission of nutrient on grain yield and above ground biomass yield of sorghum.

TreatmentsBiomass yield (kg ha−1)Grain yield (kg ha−1)

Control8892b2759c
PSZnB (−N)9449b2805c
NSZnB (−P)15785a3887b
NPSZnB (−K)17286a4504ab
NPZnB (−S)15835a4091ab
NPSZn (−B)19180a4472ab
NPSB (−Zn)18989a4168ab
NPS (−ZnB)16202a4238ab
RNP15980a4087ab
NPKSZnB17985a4620a

Sign.Level
CV (%)11.58.8

N.B: means in the columns that are denoted by the same letter do not differ substantially at . Where  = significant at ,  = significant at .