Response of Garlic (Allium sativum L.) Yield to Combined Biochar, Lime, and Inorganic-Fertilizer Rates in the Case of Gimbi District, Western Ethiopia

Table 3

Effect of combined biochar (CHB), lime (STV), and inorganic-fertilizer (NPSB) rates on garlic yield: total bulb yield (TBY), marketable yield (MBY), and harvesting index (HI).

Treatments	TBY (ton ha^−1)	MBY (ton ha^−1)	HI (%)
Farm-1
T0	4.5^h	2.7^f	0.57^ef
T1	7.6^efg	5.8^d	0.83^a
T2	9.6^ab	6.2^bc	0.60^de
T3	7.8^ef	6.3^bc	0.73^bc
T4	9.9^a	9.3^a	0.80^ab
T5	8.1^def	6.1^bcd	0.70^c
T6	7.1^fg	5.1^de	0.50^f
T7	9.3^abc	8.7^a	0.83^a
T8	9.7^a	9.2^a	0.83^a
T9	8.4^cde	7.1^b	0.70^c
T10	8.5^bcde	6.0^cd	0.60^de
T11	9.0^abcd	8.5^a	0.80^ab
T12	7.6^efg	6.2^bcd	0.67^cd
T13	6.6^g	4.6^e	0.53^ef
LSD (0.05)	1.16	1.04	0.08
CV (%)	8.52	9.50	0.26
Farm-2
T0	6.1^f	3.6^g	0.70^bc
T1	8.8^cde	7.5 ^bc	0.80^ab
T2	9.2^cd	9.9^ef	0.48^e
T3	8.5^de	6.8^cde	0.67^c
T4	11.1^a	10.4^a	0.85^a
T5	8.8^cde	6.6^cd	0.66^cd
T6	8.9^cde	6.4^def	0.61^cd
T7	10.7^ab	10.1^a	0.86^a
T8	10.9^ab	10.2^a	0.80^ab
T9	9.8^bc	8.2^b	0.69^c
T10	8.6^de	6.1^def	0.51^e
T11	11.1^a	10.5^a	0.85^a
T12	8.5^de	7.0^cd	0.69^c
T13	7.9^e	5.5^f	0.57^de
LSD (0.05)	1.18	1.06	0.09
CV (%)	7.62	7.47	8.39

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.