Effect of Biochar and Inorganic Fertilizer on the Soil Properties and Growth and Yield of Onion (Allium cepa) in Tropical Ethiopia

Table 6

Effect of applied treatment on yield components.

Treatment	MY ton/ha	UNMY ton/ha	TY ton/ha
	Mean ± SE	Mean ± SE	Mean ± SE
Wfb^b	17.51 ± 0.07	7.02 ± 0.02	24.53 ± 0.09
Bc^b	16.30 ± 0.05	8.14 ± 0.02	24.44 ± 0.07
Bg^a	28.24 ± 0.01	2.93 ± 0.02	31.17 ± 0.03
If ^a	28.96 ± 0.02	2.82 ± 0.07	31.78 ± 0.09

Bg = biochar grass; Bc = biochar chat; If = inorganic fertilizer; Wfb =  control plot (free from biochar and fertilizer); MY = marketable yield; UNMY = unmarketable yield; TY = total yield. Treatments with the same letters were not significantly different at .