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

Table 3

Main effect of NPS and Zn fertilizers on leaf number, bulb length, and bulb diameter.

NPS (kg/ha)	LN	BL (cm)	BD (cm)
0	9.47^c	4.70^b	4.59^c
121	10.46^b	5.77^a	5.59^b
242	11.68^a	6.03^a	6.12^a
363	11.03^ab	5.87^a	6.01^a
Significance level
ZnSO4%
0	10.26	5.38	5.08^b
0.25	10.41	5.60	5.36^b
0.5	10.99	5.64	5.83^a
0.75	10.98	5.76	6.02^a
Significance level	ns	ns
CV	7.86	6.20	6.61

, Significant at probability level of and , respectively; ns = nonsignificant difference; CV = coefficient of variation; LN = leaf number; BL = bulb length; BD = bulb diameter; means followed by the same letter(s) are not significantly different.