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Table 5 Total biomass yield 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

Total biomass yield (kg ha−1)

Babillae

Fedis

Haramaya

Hirna

Non inoculated

Inoculated

Non inoculated

Inoculated

Non inoculated

Inoculated

Non inoculated

Inoculated

Control

2,055.6c

1,787.0c

2,077.0b

3,133.3b

4,819.8b

5,260.1a

5,051.3b

5,685.2b

20 kg N ha−1

2,277.8bc

2,148.1bc

4,018.5a

4,087.0a

4,970.1b

6,172.2a

6,248.8a

8,638.9a

40 kg N ha−1

2,631.5b

2,498.1b

4,333.3a

4,249.2a

5,732.4ab

6,225.0a

6,970.4a

7,111.1ab

60 kg N ha−1

3,131.5a

3,375.4a

4,055.6a

4,277.8a

6,388.9a

6,406.9a

6,574.1a

7,296.3ab

80 kg N ha−1

3,082.4a

3,421.4a

4,388.9a

4,462.2a

6,452.8a

6,435.2a

6,990.7a

6,537.0ab

100 kg N ha−1

3,260.8a

3,648.1a

4,374.1a

4,740.7a

6,474.1a

6,444.4a

7,011.6a

8,000.0ab

Mean

2,739.92

2,813.05

3,874.7

4,158.4

5,806.3

6,157.3

6,468.5

7,211.4

F-value

30.29***

37.74***

22.99***

10.28***

6.47**

2.56 ns

10.33***

4.10*

LSD

429.05

596.71

886.73

814.16

1417.2

1347.5

1142.8

2450.2

CV (%)

5.71

7.73

8.34

7.14

8.90

7.98

6.44

12.39

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