Response of Garlic (Allium sativum L.) Yield to Combined Biochar, Lime, and Inorganic-Fertilizer Rates in the Case of Gimbi District, Western Ethiopia
Table 2
Effect of combined biochar (CHB), lime (STV), and inorganic-fertilizer (NPSB) rates on garlic yield components: total fresh biomass yield (TFBY), bulb yield fresh weight per plant (BWp), bulb diameter (Bdi), and clove per bulb (C/B).
Treatments
TFBY (g)
BWp (g)
Bdi (cm)
C/B (Nu)
Farm-1
T0
48.7g
12.7h
2.9i
7.17e
T1
50.5fg
21.6efg
3.6efg
10.9bcd
T2
57.5c
27.2ab
4.0cd
11.4abcd
T3
54.5d
22.1ef
3.1hi
11.6abc
T4
64.2ab
28.1a
4.7a
11.9ab
T5
53.8de
23.0def
3.5fg
11.4abcd
T6
57.1c
20.2fg
3.7defg
11.4abcd
T7
62.7b
26.3abc
4.3bc
11.5abcd
T8
64.2ab
27.7a
4.4b
11.4abcd
T9
57.4c
23.9cde
3.9de
12.2a
T10
54.5d
24.1bcde
3.8def
10.3d
T11
65.6a
25.4abcd
4.0cd
10.7bcd
T12
59.6c
21.5efg
3.4gh
10.6cd
T13
51.7ef
18.7g
3.0i
11.0abcd
LSD (0.05)
2.55
3.28
0.32
1.24
CV (%)
2.65
8.47
5.15
6.76
Farm-2
T0
54.3h
17.0f
3.7hi
8.2f
T1
59.5g
24.9cde
3.6i
11.1cde
T2
64.1ef
26.1cd
4.1cdefgh
11.8bcd
T3
66.2de
23.9de
3.9fghi
11.7bcde
T4
69.2cd
31.6a
4.7a
12.8ab
T5
62.2fg
24.9cde
3.9efghi
12.8ab
T6
61.3fg
25.3cde
3.8ghi
10.6de
T7
71.6bc
30.4ab
4.6ab
11.7bcde
T8
73.3ab
30.9ab
4.5abc
12.8ab
T9
70.0bc
27.8bc
4.4abcd
12.6abc
T10
64.1ef
24.3de
4.3bcde
11.2bcde
T11
75.3a
31.4a
4.6ab
13.6a
T12
63.9ef
24.3de
4.3bcdef
10.7de
T13
59.9g
22.4e
4.0defgh
10.5de
LSD (0.05)
3.34
3.35
0.38
1.66
CV (%)
3.04
7.63
5.40
8.71
ns: nonsignificant, : significant (),: highly significant (), 100% recommended inorganic-fertilizer = 242 kg ha−1, 100% recommended STV for Farm-1 = 4.22 tons ha−1, and 100% recommended STV for Farm−2 = 5.43 tons ha−1.