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

Table 6

Main impacts of irrigation and nitrogen levels on height of plant, number of leaves plant⁻¹, number of branches plant⁻¹, and length of pods.

Treatment	Plant height (cm)	Number of leaves plant^−1	Number of branches plant^−1	Pod length (cm)
Irrigation levels
50% ETc	36.13^c	51.00^b	8.583^b	10.22^c
75% ETc	42.37^b	61.58^a	11.792^a	11.75^b
100% ETc	46.38^a	66.04^a	13.625^a	13.23^a
LSD (0.05)	0.86	6.69	2.66	0.49
Nitrogen (kg·N·ha^−1) levels
0	37.33^d	53.11^b	9.167^d	10.7^d
46	39.0^c	56.33^b	10.944^c	11.53^c
92	46.5^a	65.89^a	13.167^a	12.65^a
138	43.67^b	62.83^a	12.056^b	12.07^b
LSD (0.05)	0.99	4.83	1.03	0.226
CV (%)	3.52	5.35	5.6	2.06

Means of the same letter within the column are not significantly different at the 5% probability level using the least significant difference.