Snap Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) Response to Deficit Irrigation and Nitrogen Fertilizer and Relationships between Yield, Yield Component, and Protein Content

Table 3

Mean squares for snap bean plant height (PH), leaf number (LN), branch number (BN), pod length (PdL), and pod curvature (PdCrv) (F-test).

Source of variation	DF	PH	LN	BN	PdL	PdCrv
Y	1	15.13	217.01	46.72	4.21	0.008
R (Y)	4	7.71	10.57	3.36	0.59	0.0005
Ir	2	640.5	1432.54	156.29	54.46	0.08
Y  Ir	2	6.17	29.01	4.6	0.16	0.0003
Error Ir	8	8.73	16.84	2.01	1.28	0.0007
N	3	319.46	616.61	52.37	12.37	0.012
Y  N	3	3.13	20.72	0.94	0.05	0.00004
Ir  N	6	10.28^NS	7.47^NS	0.77^NS	0.44^NS	0.0003
Y  Ir  N	6	3.83	7.72	0.82	0.12	0.00004
Residual	36	2.15	10.16	0.4	0.06	0.00007
Total	71

NS = nonsignificant at the 5% probability level. and indicate significant differences at 5% and 1% levels of probability, respectively.