Environmental Systems Research

Table 2 Agronomic efficiency of N of common bean var. Dursitu obtained from selected areas of eastern Ethiopia with and without Rhizobium leguminosarum. bv. vicieae inoculation

From: Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae sp. inoculation improves the agronomic efficiency of N of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)

Treatments	Agronomic efficiency of N (%)
	Babillae		Fedis		Haramaya		Hirna
	Non inoculated	Inoculated	Non inoculated	Inoculated	Non inoculated	Inoculated	Non inoculated	Inoculated
20 kg N ha⁻¹	6.81b	15.29a	9.40a	19.15a	8.70a	24.20a	8.84a	7.81b
40 kg N ha⁻¹	11.26a	5.38c	5.63b	17.35a	6.32ab	11.90b	9.49a	14.70a
60 kg N ha⁻¹	10.16a	11.69ab	3.46bc	9.77b	4.87b	9.21bc	3.83b	8.02b
80 kg N ha⁻¹	6.95b	6.44c	2.48c	8.70b	3.93b	7.26bc	6.93ab	2.52c
100 kg N ha⁻¹	7.12b	10.93b	3.72bc	7.78b	3.50b	5.69c	5.90ab	3.92c
Mean	8.46	9.95	4.94	12.55	5.47	11.65	7.00	7.39
F-value	10.91**	23.39***	22.63***	19.66***	9.96**	45.72***	4.90*	96.66***
LSD	2.95	3.90	2.69	5.55	3.11	5.09	4.80	2.24
CV (%)	12.98	14.60	20.24	16.46	21.17	16.24	25.50	11.29

Means in the same column followed by the same letter are not significantly different at the 5% probability level by Tukey’s test.
NS non significant.
* Significant at 0.05; ** significant at 0.01; *** significant at 0.001.

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