Comparison of Teff (Eragrostis teff (Zucc.) Trotter) Varieties in Response to Blended NPSZnB Fertilizer On-Farm and on Research Station

Table 7

Main effects of location, variety, and blended NPSZnB fertilizer rates on the number of total tillers, productive tillers, and thousand seed weight of teff.

Treatment	Total tillers (number plant^−1)	Productive tillers (number plant^−1)	Thousands seed weight (g)
Location
On-station	3.22^b	2.18^a	0.28^b
On-farm	3.67^a	1.36^b	0.34^a
LSD (0.05)	0.26	0.21	0.014
Varieties
Dagim	3.53^a	1.80	0.33^a
Kora	3.60^a	1.82	0.31^b
Nigus	3.20^b	1.69	0.29^c
LSD (0.05)	0.31	NS	0.014
NPSZnB (kg ha^−1)
0	2.28^d	1.13^c	0.29^c
50	3.06^c	1.48^b	0.31^b
100	3.56^b	2.36^a	0.31^b
150	3.94^b	1.77^b	0.31^b
200	4.39^a	2.11^a	0.34^a
LSD (0.05)	0.41	0.33	0.018
CV (%)	17.86	27.91	10.99

Where LSD (0.05) = least significant difference at 5% level; CV = coefficient of variation; NS = nonsignificant. Means in column followed by the same letters are not significantly different at 95% significance level.