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Table 7 Agronomic, crop recovery and TUE of N affected by the rate of N and K fertilizers

From: Nutrient uptake, use efficiency and productivity of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) as affected by nitrogen and potassium fertilizer in Keddida Gamela Woreda, Southern Ethiopia

Treatment

AE(kg kg−1)

RE(%)

TUE(%)

N rates

N

N

N

0

–

–

–

23

51.9a

109.8a

63.5b

46

52.5a

116.6a

79.3a

69

42.1b

100.4a

68.8ab

LSD0.05

7.87

17.9

15.2

K rates

 0

43.5b

100.6b

63.0b

 30

53.3a

122.4a

75.9a

 60

49.7ab

103.8b

72.6a

LSD 0.05

7.8

17.89

15.2

CV(%)

S

16.1

7.88

20.43

20.58

21.6

15.23

  1. Means followed by the same letters within a column are not significantly different at 5% probability level S standard deviation