Effect of Tillage Method and Mulch Application on Growth and Yield of Green Gram in Semiarid Kenya
Table 3
Crop height at vegetative, flowering stages, and number of crop branches in Katumani and Mwea.
Treatments and interactions
Katumani
Mwea
CHV
CHF
NB
CHV
CHF
NB
Tillage method
Conventional tillage
39.21b
49.92b
4b
32.79b
47.33b
3.00a
Furrow-ridge
44.04a
60.35a
5a
36.76a
55.18a
3.00a
Zero tillage
37.81b
47.50c
4b
30.95b
39.70c
4.00a
LSD
3.35
1.88
0.19
2.77
4.25
0.65
value
0.014
<.001
0.005
0.01
0.001
0.529
Mulch
0 t·ha−1
37.65b
58.69b
4.00b
31.26b
44.02b
4.00b
3 t·ha−1
43.06a
66.77a
5.00a
35.74a
50.79a
5.00a
LSD
0.67
0.84
0.33
1.38
3.00
0.49
value
0.014
<.001
0.004
<.001
0.001
0.008
Variety
KS20
40.50a
65.13a
4.00b
33.85a
49.23a
3.00b
N26
40.21a
60.33b
5.00a
33.15a
45.58b
5.00a
LSD
0.62
0.78
0.17
0.78
0.78
0.30
value
0.319
<.001
<.001
0.075
<.001
<.001
Interactions
Tillage x mulch
0.014
0.003
0.373
0.196
0.446
0.609
Tillage x variety
0.338
0.020
0.262
0.564
0.917
0.848
Mulch x variety
0.834
0.242
0.493
0.490
0.762
1.000
Tillage x mulch x variety
0.123
0.248
0.001
0.950
0.293
0.619
LSD is the least significant difference; CHV = crop height at vegetative, CHF = crop height at flowering, NB = number of branches and means followed by the same letter are not significantly different at .
