Advances in Agriculture

Research Article

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

Table 4

Mean squares of analysis of variance for total fresh biomass weight per plant (TFBY), bulb neck diameter (BND), bulb diameter (Bdi), bulb yield fresh weight per plant (BWp), number of clove per bulb (C/B), clove weight (CW), total dry biomass weight per ha⁻¹ (TDW), bulb dry weight per ha⁻¹ (BDW), marketable bulb yield per ha⁻¹ (MBY), total bulb yield per ha⁻¹ (TBY), adjusted yield per ha⁻¹ (AY), and harvest index % (HI) as affected by rates of combined biochar (CHB), lime (STV), and inorganic-fertilizer (NPSB) rates application.


Source of variance	Df	Farm-1
Source of variance	Df	TFBY	BND	Bdi	BWp	C/B	CW	TDW	BDW	MBY	TBY	AY	HI

Replication	2	6.89	0.61	0.04	8.89	1.85	0.17	1.26	0.63	0.51	1.10	0.90	0.00
Treatment	13	87.42	1.70	0.82	51.07	4.39	0.22	12.90	183.08	10.18	6.36	5.14	0.04
MSE	26	2.50	0.16	0.03	3.82	0.55	0.02	1.45	0.41	0.40	0.47	0.38	0.00
LSD (0.05)	—	2.55	0.68	0.32	0.28	1.24	0.26	2.02	1.08	1.06	1.15	1.04	0.08
CV	—	2.65	3.49	5.14	8.47	6.75	7.43	12.07	9.20	9.54	8.47	8.47	7.07
p-Value	—	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001
Fcal	—	37.86	10.18	21.94	13.35	7.99	8.77	8.86	33.95	25.42	13.36	13.35	17.18

		Farm-2

Replication	2	4.85	0.34	0.00	1.12	0.45	0.00	2.66	0.00	1.36	0.13	0.11	0.00
Treatment	13	104.84	2.64	0.39	49.45	5.67	0.09	16.51	18.52	13.37	6.16	4.98	0.04
MSE	26	3.96	0.26	0.05	3.98	0.98	0.04	2.01	0.41	0.31	0.49	0.40	0.00
LSD (0.05)	—	3.34	0.86	0.38	3.35	1.66	0.35	2.38	1.07	0.94	1.18	1.06	0.09
CV	—	3.04	4.00	5.40	7.63	8.71	8.97	12.46	8.07	7.47	7.62	7.61	8.39
p-Value	—	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0459	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001
Fcal	—	26.46	10.06	7.58	12.41	5.74	2.16	8.18	45.10	42.26	12.45	12.46	13.57