Research Article

Agronomic Productivity and Organic Fertilizer Rates on Growth and Yield Performance of Cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata L.) in Northwestern Ethiopia

Table 4

Mean squares values for the combined analysis of growth, yield, and quality components of head cabbage.

FactorsdfParameters
PHHwCTMMYUYTYHIHMSML

Lo1253.5937,308.7ns1.41ns118.86ns0.60ns102.60ns74.42ns58,527.61ns0.68ns32.58ns24.50ns
Bud2114.12,118,5261.23485.892.11ns448.02147.34371.46ns2.17ns267.7031.92
FYM3521.27,728,043ns3.651,383.6764.05ns921.85690.46820.29ns64.28714.52115.21
Lobud23.8ns5,013.847ns0.011.04ns0.06ns0.89ns1.65ns90.540.03ns18.0613.28ns
LoFYM35.4ns39,590.24ns0.013.82ns0.66ns7.07ns1.66ns60.810.61ns11.33ns16.33ns
BFYM686.72,568,926ns1.21354.251.18352.66144.32358.05ns1.12219.3114.76
LoBudFYM62.8ns3,228.514ns0.03ns3.99ns0.62ns6.23ns2.52ns86.050.69ns8.27ns16.19ns
Residuals487.8208,471.50.0525.661.2627.7425.4622.871.3114.533.70

df = degree of freedom, Lo = Location, PH = plant height, Hw = head weight, CTM = Compactness index, MY = marketable yield, UY = marketable yield, TY = total yield, HI = head initiation, HM = head maturity, S = small-sized heads, M = medium-sized heads, L = large sized heads, and ns = no significant difference. , , and  = indicated significant, highly significant, and very highly difference, respectively.