Boosting Chickpea Production by Optimizing Inter-Row and Intrarow Spacing at Central Highlands of Ethiopia

Table 4

Phonology, growth parameters, yield and yield components of chickpea as influenced by site year, variety, and inter-row and intrarow spacing.

Treatments	Maturity (days)	Height (cm)	Branching (branch plant^−1)	Pods plant^−1	Seed weight (g 1000 seeds^−1)	Seed yield plant^−1 (g)	Seeds m^−2 (g)	Grain yield (kg ha^−1)	Biomass yield (kg ha^−1)	Harvest index
Site-year
Debre Zeit, 2016	104.1a	41.5c	15.8b	37.8c	368.5ab	45.20a	238.4b	2384b	16963b	0.14
Debre Zeit, 2017	97.2b	53.2a	22.8a	44.6b	387.2a	39.07b	264.5a	2645a	17667a	0.15
Minjar, 2016	104.0a	54.9a	21.1a	58.2a	389.2a	46.6a	265.4a	2654a	17667a	0.15
Minjar, 2017	97.2b	49.5b	18.3ab	42.3b	353.0b	40.1b	238.4b	2384b	15963b	0.15
Variety
Arerti	101.9a	51.2a	21.5a	43.3b	416.2a	41.05b	221.7b	2216.3b	16976b	0.13
Habru	99.3b	48.5b	17.6b	48.2a	332.7b	44.42a	276.4a	2764.2a	18383a	0.15
Intrarow and inter-row spacing
5 cm × 20 cm	104.5a	58.2a	16.2c	40.4c	340.0b	33.7c	246.6abc	2466abc	17731abc	0.14
10 cm × 20 cm	101.1bc	50.6bc	18.3bc	40.9c	379.3ab	42.4bc	244.2abc	2441abc	18391a	0.13
15 cm × 20 cm	101.7ab	49.4bc	21.4ab	47.4bc	379.7ab	45.7ab	196.9c	1970c	17516ab	0.11
5 cm × 30 cm	102.2ab	51.5b	18.2bc	43.5bc	379.3ab	41.3bc	254.2abc	2542abc	17458bc	0.15
10 cm × 30 cm	101.6ab	47.5bc	18.4bc	41.9bc	372.8ab	42.6bc	292.6a	2926a	18283a	0.16
15 cm × 30 cm	100.0bc	49.1bc	21.9ab	48.0b	383.8ab	44.8ab	257.3abc	2573abc	17224abc	0.15
5 cm × 40 cm	100.6bc	48.4bc	18.1bc	44.4bc	370.1ab	39.5bc	269.5ab	2695abc	17331ab	0.16
10 cm × 40 cm	98.0 cd	48.2bc	19.3bc	46.1bc	357.3ab	42.4bc	265.7ab	2656ab	17982ab	0.15
15 cm × 40 cm	96.0d	45.9c	23.6a	58.9a	408.0a	52.3a	214.4bc	2144bc	12198c	0.18
CV (%)	3.78	8.33	27.7	23	10.86	25.15	17.5	19.5	8.95	1.04

Means followed by the same letter(s) within a column for a given treatment are not significantly different at 5% P level.