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Table 8 Agronomic, physiological, crop recovery and total use efficiency 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

Agronomic

efficiency

Physiological efficiency

Recovery efficiency

Nutrient use efficiency

N + K

K

N

K

K

K

0.0

–

–

–

–

–

0,30

13.2d

54.6bc

48.4d

29b

21.5de

0,60

10.1e

53.7bc

29.3e

10.5c

14.9e

23,0

–

53.3c

53.1cd

–

–

23,30

14.1d

72.9abc

62abcd

45.4ab

31.6cd

23,60

16.8cd

57.7bc

54.1cd

23.5bc

23.1de

46,0

–

77.8ab

52.5cd

–

–

46,30

29.9a

86.6a

79ab

56.6a

58.6a

46,60

21.7bc

54.3bc

83.1a

31.1b

42.6bc

69,0

–

73.5abc

57.9bcd

–

–

69,30

26.38ab

63.8abc

71.6abc

54.7a

44.9b

69,60

22.9b

71.8abc

64.5abcd

55.9a

48.2ab

LSD 0.05

5.2

24.3

22.4

12.4

11.25

CV(%)

S

21.91

10.72

21.83

13.1

21.8

13.37

18.4

7.07

18

5.42

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