Urea Split Application to Maize (Zea mays L.) Growth Stages of Medium Maturities, Influenced on Grain Yield and Parameter for Yield at Bako, East Wollega, Ethiopia
Table 4
In the 2019 and 2020 cropping seasons at BARC, the main effects of cultivars and the time of urea split application on cob diameter, cob length, and number of ears per plant of maize.
Treatment
Ear diameter
Ear length
Ear number per plant
Year
2019
5.026
16.408
1.1000
2020
4.426
15.608
1.0389
LSD (5%)
0.2203
Level of significance
Varieties
BH-546
4.350
16.839
1.0250
BH-547
5.101
15.178
1.1139
LSD (5%)
0.2203
Level of significance
Ns
1/2 sowing + 1/2 knee height + 0 at tasseling
4.797
15.700
1.0833
1/2 sowing + 0 at knee height + 1/2 at tasseling
4.643
16.067
1.0667
1/3 sowing + 1/3 knee height 1/3 tasseling
4.723
16.400
1.0667
0 at sowing + 2/3 dose at knee height + 1/3 dose at tasseling
4.690
15.767
1.0667
0 at sowing + 1/2 knee height + 1/2 tasseling
4.750
15.967
1.0833
1/4 at planting + 1/2 at knee height + 1/4 at tasseling
4.750
16.150
1.0500
LSD (5%)
Ns
0.3816
CV (%)
3.3
2.9
Significant and highly significant at P< 0.05 and P< 0.01, respectively, and ns: not significant.
