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

Table 2

The interaction effect of NPS and Zn fertilizer levels on days to maturity, plant height, and leaf length.

NPS (kg/ha)	ZnSO4 (%)	DTM	PH (cm)	LL (cm)
0	0	100.00^d	50.00^d	39.86^e
	0.25	103.33^c	52.53^c	43.40^c-e
	0.5	103.33^c	52.93^c	44.80^b-d
	0.75	104.00^c	53.60^c	46.33^bc
121	0	105.00^bc	53.53^c	44.06^b-e
	0.25	104.00^c	53.53^c	44.60^b-d
	0.5	104.00^c	53.86^c	44.06^b-e
	0.75	105.00^bc	54.06^c	44.13^b-d
242	0	105.00^bc	54.13^c	42.40^c-e
	0.25	104.00^c	54.60^bc	42.00^de
	0.5	107.00^a	57.20^b	44.00^b-e
	0.75	107.00^a	65.20^a	51.93^a
363	0	103.33^c	53.93^c	42.80^c-e
	0.25	104.00^c	54.53^bc	42.53^c-e
	0.5	106.00^ab	54.80^bc	44.06^b-e
	0.75	106.00^ab	54.93^bc	47.93^b
Significance level
CV%		1.94	2.65	4.89

, , Significant at probability level of , , , respectively; CV = coefficient of variation; DTM = days to maturity; PH = plant height; LL = leaf length; means followed by the same letter(s) are not significantly different.