Vermicompost and NPSZnB Fertilizer Levels on Maize (Zea mays L.) Growth, Yield Component, and Yield at Guto Gida, Western Ethiopia

Table 3

Main effect of vermicompost levels and inorganic NPSZnB fertilizer rates on the number of days to 50% of the days to tassel, number of days to 50% silking, and the number of days to 90% physiological maturity of maize in Guto Gida, Western Ethiopia.

Treatments	50% days to tassel	50% days to silk	90% days to maturity
Vermicompost (t·ha^−^1)
0	70.21^b	75.33^b	141.40^b
2.5	71.21^a	75.67^ab	142.20^ab
5.0	71.43^a	76.33^a	141.90^ab
7.5	71.55^a	76.44^a	142.70^a
value	0.003	0.003	0.042
LSD (0.05)	0.95	0.91	1.20
NPSZnB (kg·ha^−^1)
0	69.86^cd	74.79^b	141.10^cd
50	70.21^bc	75.00^b	141.60^bc
100	70.86^b	76.06^a	142.30^ab
150	72.06^a	76.39^a	142.80^a
value	0.001	<0.001	0.015
LSD (0.05)	0.74	0.71	0.94
CV (%)	1.6	1.4	0.96

LSD = least significant difference; CV = coefficient of variation (%). Means in the same column followed by the same letter(s) are not statistically significantly different at a 5% probability level.