Integrated Use of Cattle Manure and NPS Fertilizer to Improve the Yield of Grain Amaranth (Amaranthus caudatus L.) in Southwest Ethiopia

Table 3

The main effects of location and treatments on phenological and growth parameters of amaranth.

		Days to flowering	Days to physiological maturity	Plant height (cm)
Site
Guraferda		69.83^a	88.87^b	256.54^a
Menitgoldiya		59.56^b	90.87^a	180.09^b
Menitshasha		52.56^c	76.91^c	154.14^c
LSD (0.05)		0.80	0.84	32.11
Treatments
NPS (kg ha^−1)	Cattle manure (t·ha^−1)
0	0	61.11^abcd	82.11^f	138.00^d
	4	59.00^f	84.11^de	187.59^bcd
	8	61.33^abcd	84.66^cde	212.58^abc
	12	59.88^bcdef	83.55^ef	179.59^bcd
20	0	60.22^bcdef	86.33^abc	193.78^abcd
	4	61.22^abcd	85.33^bcde	161.50^cd
	8	60.11^bcdef	85.66^bcd	203.53^abcd
	12	61.44^abc	86.00^abcd	246.35^ab
40	0	62.33^a	85.88^abcd	184.29^bcd
	4	59.11^ef	86.00^abcd	161.58^cd
	8	61.55^ab	87.66^a	188.49^abcd
	12	60.88^abcde	86.88^ab	225.16^abc
60	0	59.66^cdef	86.00^abcd	159.65^cd
	4	61.44^abc	86.33^abc	220.05^abc
	8	61.55^ab	86.22^abc	262.58^a
	12	59.55^def	86.11^abc	226.05^abc
LSD (5%)		1.86	1.96	74.17
CV (%)		3.27	2.45	40.24

CV = coefficient of variation; LSD = least significant difference; Means in columns of same parameter followed by the same letters are not significantly different at 5% level of significance.