Response of Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) to NPS Fertilizer Rates and Inter-Row Spacing in Kechi District, South Western Ethiopia

Table 2

Main effects of inter-row spacing and NPS fertilizer rate on days to 50% flowering, days to 90% maturity and plant height.

Treatments	50% flowering	90% maturity	Plant height (cm)
Inter-row spacing (cm)
45	58.11	99.94	83.056^ab
55	58.00	99.94	83.500^a
65	58.00	99.89	82.667^b
75	57.94	99.00	81.611^c
85 significance	57.89 NS	100.22 NS	81.500^c
LSD (0.05)	NS	NS	0.6249
NPS fertilizer rate (kg/ha)
0	55.33^c	96.47^e	76.533^e
50	55.47^c	97.07^d	78.267^d
100	56.87b	98.67^c	80.800^c
150	60.00^a	98.87^b	85.400^b
200	60.27^a	103.80^a	87.067^a
250 significance	60.00^a	104.87^a	86.733^a
LSD (0.05)	0.54	0.567	0.6845
CV (%)	1.28	0.78	1.10

 = significant at 1% significance levels; NS= nonsignificant. LSD (0.05) = least significant difference at 5% level; CV = coefficient of variation; means in column followed by the same letters are not significantly different at 5% level of significance.