Effect of NPS and Zinc Fertilizer Rates on Growth and Yield of Onion (Allium cepa L.) at Shewa Robit, North Shewa, Ethiopia

Table 4

The interaction effect of NPS and Zn fertilizers on marketable, unmarketable, and total bulb yield of onion.

NPS (kg/ha)	ZnSO4 (%)	MBY (t/ha)	UMBY (t/ha)	TBY (t/ha)
0	0	23.26^f	1.63^a	24.90^e
	0.25	25.91^d–f	1.41^a–c	27.32^c–e
	0.5	25.56^d–f	1.30^a–c	26.86^c–e
	0.75	24.41^ef	1.13^c	25.50^de
121	0	24.55^d–f	1.30^a–c	25.85^c–e
	0.25	26.30^d–f	1.41^a–c	27.72^c–e
	0.5	25.23^d–f	1.41^a–c	26.65^c–e
	0.75	27.39^de	1.26^a–c	28.65^b–d
242	0	28.11^cd	1.15^bc	29.10^b–d
	0.25	27.95^c–e	1.38^a–c	29.34^bc
	0.5	31.04^bc	0.61^de	31.65^ab
	0.75	34.87^a	0.33^e	35.04^a
363	0	26.40^d–f	1.60^ab	27.62^c–e
	0.25	27.69^de	1.60^ab	29.29^bc
	0.5	31.62^b	1.41^a–c	33.04^a
	0.75	33.99^ab	0.98^cd	34.97^a
Significance level
CV%		6.68	12.15	6.59

Significant at probability level of ; CV = coefficient of variation; MBY = marketable bulb yield; UMBY = unmarketable bulb yield; TBY = total bulb yield; means followed by the same letter(s) are not significantly different.