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

Table 7

Effects of irrigation and nitrogen levels on the diameter and curvature of the pods.

Irrigation levels	Nitrogen (kg·N·ha^−1) levels	Pod diameter (cm)	Pod curvature
50% ETc	0	0.5617^k	0.7033^h
	46	0.6023^j	0.7300^g
	92	0.7273^de	0.7533^f
	138	0.6203^i	0.7417^fg
75% ETc	0	0.6503^h	0.7550^f
	46	0.7027^f	0.7850^e
	92	0.8307^b	0.8167^d
	138	0.7217^e	0.7967^e
100% ETc	0	0.6918^g	0.8150^d
	46	0.734^d	0.8367^c
	92	0.8567^a	0.8900^a
	138	0.7613^c	0.8600^b
LSD (0.05)		0.022	0.00949
CV (%)		0.0093	0.0138

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