Skip to main content
Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

Table 3 Number of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod and 100 seed weight of common bean var. Dursitu along different rates of N application with and without inoculation of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. Phaseoli at selected areas of eastern Ethiopia

From: Indigenous rhizobia population influences the effectiveness of Rhizobium inoculation and need of inorganic N for common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) production in eastern Ethiopia

Treatments

NPP

NSP

100 seed weight

Soil type 1

Soil type 2

Soil type 3

Soil type 1

Soil type 2

Soil type 3

Soil type 1

Soil type 2

Soil type 3

Control

12.55bc

10.33d

20.89c

4.61b

5.40bc

5.82b

19.77c

20.90cd

19.33a

20 kg N ha−1

18.63d

18.66ab

20.83c

6.78a

6.07abc

6.62ab

21.30ab

22.80abc

19.18a

40 kg N ha−1

17.11ab

23.22ab

23.00bc

6.55a

6.30ab

6.70ab

21.37ab

22.07bc

18.92a

60 kg N ha−1

16.00abc

18.00abc

25.22abc

6.44a

6.97a

6.92ab

21.17abc

22.13abc

19.42a

80 kg N ha−1

14.89abc

22.00ab

25.83abc

6.99a

6.40ab

7.13a

21.20abc

22.90ab

19.42a

100 kg N ha−1

16.44ab

22.22ab

25.78abc

6.66a

6.63a

6.70ab

21.57a

22.90ab

19.02a

Rhizobium sp.

10.78c

11.22 cd

23.66bc

5.33ab

5.50bc

6.50ab

20.00bc

19.90d

19.28a

Rhizobium sp. + 20 kg N ha−1

13.66abc

16.44bcd

29.33ab

6.89a

5.20c

6.65ab

21.07abc

22.57abc

18.87a

Rhizobium sp. + 40 kg N ha−1

16.00abc

22.00ab

29.11ab

6.66a

6.30ab

6.85ab

21.40ab

23.03ab

18.97a

Rhizobium sp. + 60 kg N ha−1

16.22abc

24.99a

31.05a

6.22ab

6.30ab

6.35ab

22.17a

22.20abc

18.83a

Rhizobium sp. + 80 kg N ha−1

16.44ab

22.11ab

28.89ab

6.99a

6.40ab

6.72ab

21.47ab

21.37bcd

18.87a

Rhizobium sp. + 100 kg N ha−1

15.22abc

22.22ab

27.05abc

6.89a

6.00abc

6.38ab

20.97abc

24.07a

19.10a

Mean

15.33

19.45

25.89

6.42

6.12

6.61

21.12

22.24

19.10

F value

3.93**

11.06***

5.86***

4.68***

6.87***

2.11*

5.09***

8.41***

0.21 ns

LSD

5.48

7.20

6.66

1.72

1.02

1.10

1.49

1.94

2.30

CV (%)

12.13

12.58

13.10

9.11

5.64

8.48

2.38

2.96

6.12

  1. Means in the same column followed by the same letter are not significantly different at the 5 % probability level by Tukey’s test
  2. NS non-significant, NPP number of pods per plant, NSP number of seeds per pod
  3. * Significant at 0.05; ** significant at 0.01; *** significant at 0.001
Back to article page