Effect of Spacing and Different Levels of Phosphorus on Growth and Yield of Malepatan-1 Variety of Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (Linn.) Walp.) in Dang District, Nepal

Table 2

Effect of phosphorus and spacing on plant height.

Treatment	Plant height
	30 DAS	45 DAS	60 DAS
Spacing (cm)
15 × 30	17.58^a	49.51^a	68.71^a
30 × 30	15.51^b	42.31^a	65.31^a
45 × 30	15.48^b	47.42^a	68.76^a
LSD	—	—	—
CV (%); F test	11.87; NS	32.7; NS	11.67; NS
Phosphorus (kg/ha)
20	14.95^b	40.95^a	67.03^a
40	17.09^a	52.84^a	72.51^a
60	16.53^ab	45.45^a	63.24^a
LSD	—	—	—
CV (%)	11.085	30.91	21.33
F test	NS	NS	NS
Interaction	NS	NS	NS
Grand mean	16.194	46.41	67.59

Treatments means followed by the same letter(s) within the column are nonsignificantly different among each other at a 5% level of significance. LSD, least significant difference; CV, coefficient of variation; NS, nonsignificant. Source: R Core Team [17].