Table 5 Wheat and tef growth and yield parameters as influenced by phosphorus source fertilizers and N optimization.
Treatments | Wheat | Tef | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plant height (cm) | Spike length (cm) | Fertile tiller number | Grain yield (kg ha− 1) | Biomass yield (kg ha− 1) | HI (%) | Plant height (cm) | Panicle length (cm) | Fertile tiller (plant) | Grain yield (kg ha− 1) | Biomass yield (kg ha− 1) | HI (%) | |
Control | 72.3b | 6.07b | 2.59b | 1898b | 4245b | 45.1a | 54.5b | 22.4b | 4.1b | 1376b | 3512b | 39.1a |
NPS + 100%RN | 98.3a | 8.19a | 3.83a | 5002a | 11,881a | 42.1ab | 91.9a | 30.2a | 6.3a | 2477a | 10,296a | 24.1b |
DAP + 100%RN | 97.5a | 8.10a | 3.93a | 4668a | 12,090a | 39.6b | 89.9a | 29.4a | 4.6ab | 2572a | 10,432a | 24.7b |
TSP + 100%RN | 95.4a | 8.06a | 3.88a | 4640a | 11,889a | 39.9ab | 91.9a | 30.8a | 4.9ab | 2409a | 9541a | 25.2b |
TSP + 100%RN (0 + 2/3 + 1/3) | 99.7a | 8.05a | 4.15a | 5350a | 13,444a | 40.3ab | 97.3a | 33.6a | 5.4ab | 2591a | 10,554a | 24.5b |
TSP + 75%RN (0 + 1/2 + 1/2) | 98.3a | 7.97a | 3.60a | 4719a | 11,829a | 40.5ab | 86.8a | 30.5a | 6.0a | 2382a | 9519a | 25.2b |
Signficance | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | ** | *** | *** | ** | *** | *** | *** |
CV (%) | 6.58 | 6.78 | 10.22 | 13.3 | 13.13 | 7.14 | 5.83 | 0.81 | 13.24 | 6.44 | 8.5 | 5.65 |